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List of newspaper articles reporting on the archaeological finds along the Main Relief Canal in Vero Beach Florida near the railroad tracks, now know as the Vero Man Site. This list is from the "Finding Aid for Vero Man" from the Archive Center and Genealogy Department of the Indian River County Main Library in Vero Beach. The list was compiled by Pam Cooper and Vera Zimmerman. Do make use of the PDF view zoom capability when reading the articles linked in below. They are scans of copies from old microfilm and microfiche.

Date	Name of Newspaper	Title of Article
1913, Feb 21	St. Lucie Tribune	Fossil remains in Florida
1914, Nov 5	Indian River Farmer	What they are doing at Vero--- the shell mounds opposite Vero
1914, Apr 24	The Fort Pierce News	An interesting find
1915, Feb 19	The Fort Pierce News	State Geologist Studies Fossils Found Here
1916, Feb 18	The Fort Pierce News	State Geologist finds first fossilized human bone at Vero
1916, Apr 28	St. Lucie Tribune	State Geologist has made many curious finds
1916, Jul 21	St. Lucie Tribune	Many Prehistoric relics been unearthed at Vero
1916, Jul 29	The Fellsmere Tribune	Many Prehistoric relics been unearthed at Vero
1916, Nov 3	St. Lucie Tribune	Vero is Mecca of Scientists
1916, Dec 24	St. Lucie Tribune	Men were Living in North America 125,000 Years Ago
1916, Dec 24	The Miami Herald	Vero is an old, old town
1916, Dec 26	The Washington Post	Fossil Man
1916, Dec 29	The Fort Pierce News	Scientists are Agog Over Discovery Recently at Vero
1916, Dec 29	The Atlanta Constitution	Scientists Shown How Sound Looks And “Missing Link”
1916, Dec 29	Los Angeles Times	Is this beast “Missing Link"?
1917, Jan 12	St. Lucie Tribune	People Lived Here 125,000 Years Ago
1917, Jan 26	The Fort Pierce News	Tooth of MASTODON is Discovered near Vero
1917, Jan 29	The Miami Herald	MORE Vero Mastodons
1917, May 16	The Hartford Courant	Scientists make many discovers
1917, Jun 24	Boston Daily Globe	Not Primitive Man
1917, Dec 15	The Miami Herald	Vero’s Latest Skeleton
1922, Mar 16	The Vero Press	Tabloid Florida History
1922, Nov 9	The Vero Press	The Vero Man
1924, Apr 3	The Vero Press	Present Florida Peninsula Ocean Bed 50,000 Years Ago
1925, Jan 8	The Vero Press	Scientific Bodies Plan to Join in Hunt Here for Further Fossil Proof that Man Existed with Mastodon
1925, Apr 30	The Vero Press	Noted Scientist Here from Vienna to Study Fossils
1925, May 14	The Vero Press	Mastodon Bones in Sewer Trench
1926, Jun 29	Vero Beach Journal	Local Collector Has Valuable Fossil Display
1926, Sep 15	Vero Beach Press	An Ancient American Adventure
1926, Dec ??	Vero Beach Press	Fossil Man in Florida
1926, Dec ??	Vero Beach Press	Fossil Man in Florida 2nd Installment
1928, Jul 24	Vero Beach Press Journal	Shell Mounds Give Up Interesting Data
1930, Jan 3	Vero Beach Press Journal	Ancient Race of Humans Lived Here Centuries Ago
1930, Apr 24	Vero Beach Press Journal	Fossils of Now Extinct Beasts Unearthed Here
1930, Jul 18	Vero Beach Press Journal	Fossils Found in North Relief Drainage Canal
1932, Jan 29	Vero Beach Press Journal	Did Humans Beings Live Here Over 20,000 Years Ago
1932, Feb 5	Vero Beach Press Journal	Scientist Finds Extinct Fossils
1932, Feb 19	Vero Beach Press Journal	Scientist Speak at Rotary Meeting: Vero Beach May Have Been the Site of the Garden of Eden
1933, Jan 5	Vero Beach Press Journal	Prehistoric Site gains Publicity
1933, Mar 3	Vero Beach Press Journal	Carnegie Director Visits Tarzan Park
1936, Apr 24	Vero Beach Press Journal	Fossils of Now Extinct Beasts Unearth Here
1936, Apr 24	Vero Beach Press Journal	McKellar Speaks at Kiwanis Meet
1950, Jun 2	Vero Beach Press Journal	Local Man’s Find Shakes Entire Geological World: Ayers Finding of Early Man Brings Attention to Vero
1987, Apr 2	Vero Beach Press Journal	Vero, St. Augustine had war of words after discovery of human remains
1996, May 6	Vero Beach Press Journal	Digging Up Links to Past
1996, Oct 1	Vero Beach Press Journal	Ancient Vero Man to Return
1999, Jan 18	Vero Beach Press Journal	Natives had their own treasured coast
2008, Jul 10	Vero Beach Press Journal	Scientists Revisiting Mystery of Vero Man
2008, Jul 11	Vero Beach Press Journal	Search for ancient bones in Vero seeks to answer century-old question
2008, Jul 18	Vero Beach Press Journal	Scientists Seek Answers at 1915 Vero Man Site

Articles will be linked in as they become available. Copies maybe viewed at the Library.
See "Finding Aid for Vero Man" for more information.