02-03-2025
5 facts about Fellsmere, a 110-year-old city on the Treasure Coast
Fellsmere was incorporated as a city 110 years ago. Here are five facts about Fellsmere.
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Incorporated as a city in 1915 at headwaters of St. Johns River, the longest in Florida
Named after E. Nelson Fell, a New Zealand engineer who devised Florida development project, combined with the Old English word "mere," meaning "watery place"
First city south of Mason-Dixon Line to allow women right to vote before 19th Amendment
Home to Blue Cypress Lake, one of world's largest osprey nesting sites
'Frog Leg Capital of the World' with annual Frog Leg Festival holding Guinness World Records for most frog legs served in one business day and largest frog leg festival in world
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