from Indian River Magazine ... How We Became The Treasure Coast... Long known for our world-famous citrus, St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River counties became known as the Treasure Coast after the discovery of riches off our shores in the 1960s.. It had been rumored for years that there was sunken treasure off our coast, and occasionally, you’d hear of a beachcomber finding a gold coin or two after a storm. Then, in the 1960s and 70s, organized and well-equipped treasure salvors started finding huge amounts of gold and silver that they brought up from the wrecks of a fleet of Spanish galleons that sank in a hurricane in 1715. It began with Kip Wagner’s Real 8 Company and Mel Fisher’s Treasure Salvors enterprise. A gold rush was on, and the sleepy communities of Vero, Sebastian, Fort Pierce and Stuart were transformed. It wasn’t long before folks started calling the region the Treasure Coast.... indianrivermag/social/TreasureSection07.pdf
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:51:58 +0000