Raiford J. Wood was from Savannah; his speech was to be to an audience in Miami.
Havee "worked on installation of new dial office."
Dr. Jackson was secretary of the Florida State Association of Railway Surgeons at the time this letter was written in Bronson, Fla. In April of the same year he relocated to Miami as Florida East Coast Railroad surgeon. A leading physician in the area, he served as the county's first public health officer, and headed Miami's first hospital, which was renamed Jackson Memorial Hospital in his honor.
Flora McFarlane, the first female homesteader in Coconut Grove started the Housekeeper's Club in 1891 for the women of the community. The social events they organized brought people together from the all the communities along Biscayne Bay.
General Jesup led U.S. army forces in Florida during the second Seminole War, 1836-1838.
After Seminoles destroyed Indian Key (the county seat) in 1840, most South Florida residents left. Walter Maloney, acting county clerk, fled to Key West.
The Millard family came to Miami from Nassau, where they were involved in retail trade and farming.
Hattie Carpenter was an original faculty member of Miami High School. She later became a journalist and associate editor for the Miami Metropolis.
T. Frederick Davis, author of several works on Florida history, noted that his Digest was issued in an edition of one original and four carbon copies, which were distributed to the Library of Congress and to Florida historical research centers.
A group of people from Elmira, New York, came to Dade County in early 1899 and homesteaded 350 acres near Arch Creek.
Nathanael Herreshoff was a naval architect and steam engineer from Bristol, Rhode Island. Herreshoff, a boat designer and friend of Ralph Munroe, wintered in Coconut Grove during the 1920s.
Paper written by Ironaca Morris for a graduate course taught by Dr. Eugene Provenzo at the University of Miami.
This account of her grandparents' experiences was written when Sheila Patton was a senior at Southwest Miami High School.
Pioneer William Wagner came to the Miami area in 1855. His home is the oldest known house still standing in Dade County. Under threat of demolition in 1978, it was relocated to Lummus Park and restored by Dade Heritage Trust.
Holders of Orange Bowl bonds were asked to donate them to the University's endowment fund.