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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: A look at the history of street names (Part 3)

The main office of the Fellsmere Farms Company In 1922, the Jacoby family purchased 10 acres
was in New York City. As a result, Fellsmere has New between 25th and 26th avenues in Vero Beach. The
York and Broadway avenues. Virginia Avenue may streets were originally named after his two sons,
have been named by the Fell family, whose northern Wilbert (who had died young) and Oscar.
home was in that state. Streets can be renamed multiple times. A new
In Sebastian, the Groves family named Louisiana resident may have a difficult conversation with a
Avenue after their home state. About 1910, the A. A. Pam Cooper local who has lived in the area all their life because
Berry Company of Clarinda, Iowa platted Roseland they call the street by the original name. Take the
and laid out the streets. main road that comes into Vero Beach by way of I-95. It was
The African-American community called the first known as Osceola Boulevard and then renamed to 20th
Spillway was originally between the Indian River County Street, and it was also State Highway 30 and later became
administration buildings and U.S. 1. It shows on a 1917 map State Road 60.
of the Booker T. Washington Addition, the streets originally Some roads are only a memory such as Rebel, Rosewood,
were named after African-Americans and friends. Lockwood, Little Farms, Tripson Trail, Appleway, Storm
The Barber family arrived in Indian River County in Grove, Pecan, and many streets named after state in Riomar.
1913. Barber Street is in Sebastian. Barber Avenue (37th More next week.
Street) is in Vero Beach. The State Road 60 bridge across the Pam Cooper is the former supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy
Indian River is named after Merrill P. Barber. Department at the Indian River County main library.

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