Vero Beach Magazine February 2004

Behold, The Noble Pelican...

On March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an Executive Order creating Pelican Island in Sebastian as the country’s first national wildlife refuge.

Site Staff,

Dasie Bridgewater Hope Center

Verna Wright knows how important it is to have hope

Ann Taylor,

A Winter Stroll Through Winter Park

For visitors from Vero Beach, there is something both familiar and unfamiliar about Winter Park.

John Parkyn,

Swimming With The Icebergs

Lynne Cox became the world’s most famous long-distance swimmer at 15, when she broke both the men’s and women’s records for swimming the 33-mile English Channel.

John Parkyn,

An Advocate For Avocados

Avocados were allegedly discovered in Mexico as early as 231 B.C.

Sheila Lowenstein, Photography by Jon Pine,

In the not-too-distant past, and certainly in a more pastoral time, Farmer Brown relied on the Extension Service for information and Ma Brown could use the same for questions about canning or baking or other home economics-related activities.

Thomas P. Lowe,

The Dangerous Beat Of Bruce Dangerfield

Bruce Dangerfield is a Vero Beach cop, but a cop with a difference.

John Parkyn, Photography by Patricia Holm,

Wonderful Wabasso

Captain Frank Forster, a seafaring man, is considered to have been the first settler in Wabasso.

Thomas P. Lowe, Photography Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida,

Bringing The Sun Inside

Not every little girl gets to grow up to do what she loves.

Ann Taylor, Photography by C.J. Walker,

That's The Gospel

For Wintley Augustus Phipps dreams have always played a large part in his life. As a child in a troubled home in Trinidad, he often sought relief in the world of dreams.

Betty Reed,