Fort Pierce, Florida

hat do the Navy SEALs and Crayola crayons have in common? In 1911 Edwin Binney, the inventor of Crayola crayons, started spending winters in Ft. Pierce, Florida. As an avid yachtsman and fisherman, he wanted easy access to the ocean from his home, but unfortunately the natural inlet connecting the Indian River to the Atlantic Ocean was difficult to navigate and shoaled frequently. Under Binney’s leadership, funds were secured to dredge a wide, navigable inlet through Hutchinson Island, just north of the town of Ft. Pierce. Completed in 1921,