Dodgertown was the spring training facility of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. Originally part of a World War II Naval Air Station, Dodgertown became the spring training home of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948, when local business leader Bud . . . — — Map (db m308784) HM
The 1st house of refuge on Florida's east coast was constructed on this site which later became part of the U.S. Lifesaving Service. Houses of Refuge were built about 20 miles apart and provided a safe haven for those shipwrecked along the desolate . . . — — Map (db m112157) HM
This is the original flywheel which was once a part of the 1937 750-Kilowatt Busch-Sulzberger Air Injected Diesel Engine located within the building as the centerpiece of American Icon Brewery. The big Diesel engine spun this huge wheel as a . . . — — Map (db m186003) HM
On 30 April 1894, the British Steamship Breconshire (formerly the Numidian), bound from New York to Tampa, stranded on the offshore limestone reef leaving its boiler visible above the waves. The 24-man crew was sheltered by the U.S. Life Saving . . . — — Map (db m186018) HM
A parade of Model T automobiles crossed the first bridge to span the Indian River on Labor Day 1920. This made Vero the first community with a bridge to Orchid Island. Made of sabal palm pilings and rough-cut planking, it began on the mainland side . . . — — Map (db m136026) HM
On February 23, 2005, the five Rotary Clubs of Indian River County joined together to break ground on this Centennial Fountain.
The fountain was built to commemorate Rotary International’s 100th Anniversary and revive the original Rotary . . . — — Map (db m185888) HM
(front)
The pattern of community development which occurred in Vero Beach provides insight into some important aspects of Florida's history. Although the coastal waters in the region attracted fishermen, settlement of this area did not . . . — — Map (db m82788) HM
This Property
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
Community Building
1935 — — Map (db m185851) HM
In the late 1880s, several farmers settled on small farms and homesteads in this area. The families of W. Brown, J. Cannon, A. O. Espy, W. Geoffrey, and J. Gray called their small agricultural community Brownsville. By 1893, these settlers had been . . . — — Map (db m272377) HM
The Cenotaph nameplates on these markers honor those residents from Indian River Country who paid the Supreme Sacrifice In Defense Of Our Country.
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The grove of trees that flank the Cenotaphs is dedicated in honor of Gold Star families . . . — — Map (db m188114) WM
In the early 1900s, Swedish immigrant and horticulturist Axel Hallstrom sought the warm climate of Florida for his wife's health and moved to this area to from tropical trees and fruits. He first planted pineapples on his new farmstead, in the area . . . — — Map (db m136027) HM
Korean War Memorial
Korean War Veteran Association
Indian River County, Chapter 318
25 June 1950 ….27 July 1953
We All Gave Some…Some Gave All
Casualties
54,246 Dead • 185,284 Wounded
7,245 P.O.W. • 8,175 . . . — — Map (db m186051) WM
Laura Reichenthal (1901-1991) was born in New York City and studied at Cornell University. During the 1920s and 1930s, under the pen name Laura Riding, she became a renowned author. She moved to Europe in 1926 to collaborate with British poet and . . . — — Map (db m212942) HM
These gates, once the property of Henry Flagler, adorned McKee Jungle Garden’s main entrance from 1932 until 1967. Thereafter, they graced the residence of one of Arthur McKee’s daughters, Mary-Katherine Semon until the time of her husband’s death, . . . — — Map (db m92563) HM
This is the original site of McKee Jungle Gardens, one of Florida’s earliest tourist attractions. McKee Gardens was founded in 1932 by Vero Beach pioneer Waldo Sexton and Cleveland industrialist Arthur G. McKee. They engaged William Lyman . . . — — Map (db m92562) HM
Osceola Park was one of the first residential subdivisions added to the town of Vero Beach and contains the city's largest concentration of early 20th century buildings. In 1915 and 1917, the Indian River Farms Company, who had platted the original . . . — — Map (db m93120) HM
Remember Pearl Harbor • Keep America Alert
“Lest We Forget” December 7, 1941
G. Angelo • A. Anzalone • E. Barker • R. Babenny• R. Bigelow • B.W. Bigger • J.A. Blair • R.V. Boyd • R. Boyer • R. Boykin • Joseph Brooke • E.E. Bruffy • . . . — — Map (db m187784) WM
The Pueblo Arcade
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
March 8, 1997 — — Map (db m185822) HM
During the early 1920’s, three Cleveland, Ohio physicians established Riomar as a private winter resort for themselves and their families. The facilities included a clubhouse and guest cottage on what is now Riomar Drive, a nine-hole golf course and . . . — — Map (db m130537) HM
Photo: Looking north at the intersection of 14th Avenue and what was then Osceola Blvd. This early photo was in the days before S.R. 60. The large building was the Simmons Building, later called the Seminole Building where the Press Journal is . . . — — Map (db m185895) HM
A few miles southwest of this marker is the site of Fort Vinton. As white settlers moved into Florida, demands increased for the removal of the Seminole Indians to a western reservation. The Seminoles did not wish to leave, and in 1835 the conflict . . . — — Map (db m212677) HM
Theater Plaza
Has Been Placed On The
National Register
Of Historic Places
By The United States
Department Of The Interior
“Vero Theater”
April 28, 1992 — — Map (db m185845) HM
In Memory of
Alexander MacWilliams Sr.
whose efforts and inspiration founded this
beautiful memorial sanctuary.
Dedicated to those who paid the supreme sacrifice.
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“May he walk through these paths of . . . — — Map (db m187290) HM WM
Treasure Hammock Ranch was established in 1943 by Indian River County pioneer Waldo E. Sexton, who arrived in 1913. The ranch and surrounding lands comprise headwaters of the Sebastian River set in a Chapter 298 Drainage District by the Florida . . . — — Map (db m213227) HM
The tee-beam bridge at this location carried traffic southbound on US-1 over the Florida East Coast Railway and Old Dixie Highway beginning in 1927. The tee-beam design, constructed from cast-in-place concrete beams and reinforced steel running . . . — — Map (db m95717) HM
Site of the Main Hanger and Control Tower of the Vero Beach Naval Air Station (NAS) that was commissioned on 24 November 1942 to provide Navy and Marine flight training base for over 2700 men 300 WAVES and women Marines. The previously city-owned . . . — — Map (db m288823) HM
Vero’s first town hall building was located at the southeast corner of the original 1913 town plat, west of the Florida East Coast Railway tracks along Osceola Boulevard, later State Road 60. Designed by John Sherwood in the Spanish Mission Revival . . . — — Map (db m100029) HM
This cemetery opened in 1924 as a private burial ground for the Vero Cemetery Association was disbanded during the depression years. There were few burials and most were relocated to a city owned cemetery in Vero Beach. Some of the large headstones . . . — — Map (db m272379) HM
In 1893, Henry Flagler's railroad arrived in Sebastian, and reached Ft. Pierce in 1894, bypassing the tiny community of Vero. Flagler renamed his railroad the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) in 1895. Because of agricultural growth in the area, . . . — — Map (db m112159) HM
River travel was vital to the early human activity of Florida and the Indian River area. In the early 1900's, efforts began to dredge the Indian River. By the 1930's, the U.S. Corps of Engineers routinely maintained this channel called the . . . — — Map (db m95033) HM WM
This bridge and causeway
designated as
Veterans Walk
is dedicated to
All Veterans of the Armed Forces
of the United States of America — — Map (db m188117) WM
[Side 1]
Dedicated To All
Vietnam Veterans
All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Feb 1961-May 1975
[Side 2]
In Memory Of The 58232
KIA And The 1677 POW ★ MIA
And Of Those Who . . . — — Map (db m186146) WM
In Memory Of
William Jennings Bryan
The Great Commoner
Who delivered his last public address
from a platform erected upon this spot
at the celebration of the creation of
Indian River County, July 2nd, 1925.
He was the . . . — — Map (db m185871) HM
This Woman’s Club of Vero Beach Florida
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior
1995 — — Map (db m260049) HM
On the night of May 5, 1942, eight miles off this coast, German submarine U-333 attacked the US tanker Java Arrow, killing two of her crew.
Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers Kit Johnson, Ottie Roach, Harry McDonald, and Ward . . . — — Map (db m245936) HM
