Fort Pierce, Florida 1947

Street map, Fort Pierce, Florida 1947

Looking into the past for any verifiable data, personal or otherwise, can sometimes prove tricky. Take the case of the above map. In 2013 some of the named streets have been renamed. I have not asked anyone currently living in Fort Pierce about the name changes and why they happened. I know those streets were renamed long before I moved to Fort Pierce (1976). Actually, it was a few years before I was told Zora Neale Hurston had lived there. I was shocked because I had read some of her work years before moving to Fort Pierce. Anyway, the entire city now embraces her outstanding legacy. I am very happy about that. Next trip up I have to stop and put an offering on her grave, along with the many others.

(Note: Orange Ave. goes east / west, with the part on view a few blocks from downtown (east).

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