Port
St. Lucie at 50
A City for All Ages
Available early 2011
The City of Port St. Lucie and the Port St. Lucie Historical Society are pleased to announce the publishing of this book to honor the 50th anniversary of the city's founding. Perfect for businesses, school systems, libraries, historical buffs and personal collections, it will be an informative, interesting and impressive addition. Only a certain number of copies are being published. Click for a form (.pdf) to take advantage of this pre-publication offer.
The
Early Years of Port St. Lucie, Florida A Personal Memoir
By Strelsa Schreiber
The history of Port St. Lucie is a story of incredible growth and rapid change. Since Port St. Lucie has developed so quickly from a small retirement community into one of the largest cities in South Florida, it is important that its history be recorded now to preserve it for the benefit of future generations. Carefully chronicled by long-time Port St. Lucie resident and long-time leader Strelsa Schreiber, this history will help residents who relocate to our area to gain a sense of pride, ownership and appreciation in their new community. By reminding us from where we have come, this history will serve as a valuable guide toward the continued favorable development of the dynamic, diverse and ever-expanding City of Port St. Lucie. (Check your local bookstores)
A Portrait of St. Lucie County, Florida
Expanded second edition by Lucille Rieley Rights with updates by Cynthia Putnam Crankshaw.
The revised and expanded second edition continues with the changing history of St Lucie County to include the explosion growth since 1994, when the first edition was published. The new chapter includes 30 photographs, illustrations and aerial maps showcasing not only Port St Lucie's phenomenal growth, but the areas of Midway Road, the City of Fort Pierce, St Lucie Village, Hutchinson Island, Lakewood Park, Indrio and the seemingly vacant lands north and west of the county.
Ours is a county preparing for a projected population of 713,000 by 2025. Changes are inevitable and there is hope that we will preserve the "treasure" we have left. The new edition paints a wheel of history that finds the newest area of development to that very area first advertised as the "New Frontier of the Treasure Coast." Purchase from the Pineapple Patch Bookstore, St. Lucie Historical Society. or local Barnes and Noble bookstores.