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Program Number
13
Program Date
4-7-2009
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Sandra Thurlow—Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge | Coca Cola Bottling in Fort Pierce | LaCoochee—Story of a Saw Mill Town
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Shipwrecks; Florida Industry
Sponsors
Brevard Cultural Alliance's mission is to build and sustain a dynamic and vibrant arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard County's quality of life.
Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers Radio Show #13" (2009). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 20.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/20
Transcript - Radio Program #13
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Program Segments
Sandra Thurlow—Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge
Author Sandra Thurlow discusses her book, Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge: Home of History. The United States government buiit ten houses of refuge to provide food and shelter for shipwreck survivors, but only the Gilbert Bar House of Refuge still stands in Martin County.
Mark-In Point: 01:11 Length: 10:56
Coca Cola Bottling in Fort Pierce
Carrie Sue Ray remembers when her father worked at an a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Fort Pierce during the 1930s and 1940s.
Mark-In Point: 12:23 Length: 07:32
LaCoochee—Story of a Saw Mill Town
A brother and sister, Louis and Larese Abraham, describe the rise and fall of the cypress sawmill town of LaCoochee.
Mark-In Point: 20:00 Length: 07:09