Description
This choice of vintage postcards depicts Indian River County, Florida, from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, a time of dramatic change. Even after the West was once settled, South Florida remained a frontier. The Indian River Lagoon, probably the most biodiverse estuary in North The us, was once then the one avenue for commute for canoes of the indigenous Native Americans,
sailing vessels, and steamboats that opened the land to settlers. As of late the lagoon is a part of the Intracoastal Waterway, and the present civic leaders
have ensured the preservation of the county’s history by limiting high-upward thrust buildings, protecting trees, and purchasing environmentally sensitive and
historically significant properties.