Fellsmere Florida and Indian River County Florida * Area History

The History Of Fellsmere Florida
"Known As Indian River Country In Florida"
Fellsmere Florida Is Located In West Central Florida

Founded in 1911, the town of Fellsmere was named after E. Nelson Fell, the founder of the settlement. Fellsmere originally rested within St. Lucie County,
but that all changed in the 1920s.

After years of philosophical and political differences between the cities of Vero (later Vero Beach) and Fort Pierce, it was St. Lucie's blue laws that brought everything to a head. These laws forbade the showing of movies on Sundays. Despite this, Vero's theater continued to operate on Sundays.

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To enforce the law, sheriff's officers from Fort Pierce angered citizens by coming into the theater, turning off the projector and ordering patrons to leave. This was the last straw for many citizens.
	Angry businessmen persuaded State Representative Andrew W. Young (who also happened to be Vero's mayor and one of the movie theater owners) to
sponsor a bill which would remove Vero from St. Lucie County and create a new county. After some rigorous debate on a hot afternoon in May 1925, Indian River County was born.

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