Historic Markers – Devries

GERBEN DEVRIES PARKING AREA. On Main Street in New Port Richey. Gerben Myer DeVries (1880-1953) was an early promoter of New Port Richey. He was born in Iowa and first visited Port Richey on the day after Thanksgiving in 1913; he moved his family here from St. John’s, Michigan, in June 1914.

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