custom pools logo

HISTORY OF MIAMI, FL

Miami's History

Florida's history of Miami, FL is short compared to the rest of America, but it has come a long way in a short time. Miami is a city with a great history and survival since the Spanish landed on the banks of the river. It flourished in the 1920s, weakened during the Great Depression and then after World War II, before thriving again.

Floridians from the rest of the state were too scared to even visit Miami, let alone do business there. In the late 1960s, I lived in Miami Dade County and a sign appeared saying "dogs and Cubans allowed," and that was it.

Between 1961 and 1970, 290,000 Cubans came to the United States, and 265,000 crossed the Florida Strait (Bergad 39), making them one of the largest Latin American subgroups in Florida.

history of city of miami

Florida Land Boom

This was the time of the Florida land boom, and Miami and South Florida are experiencing a real estate boom unlike any other city in the United States except New York City and Los Angeles. Cuban immigrants and became a household name in America, as well as a major economic force in Florida and South Florida.

south florida

Courtesy of Mansion Global

The Everglades is the Largest Fresh Water Source in Florida

The Everglades reclamation and reclamation led to large speculators buying millions of acres of reclaimed land from the state of Florida and then aggressively marketing it in many parts of the country. These speculations brought people from all over our nation to Florida as Florida's housing market was overheating. Miami's History is at its storm center because of its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, the largest freshwater source in the United States.

everglades florida

Miami Region

Thousands of people migrated to the Miami's region from the northern United States, and Miami authorities were very lax in regulating the bans. In the early 1920s, they allowed gambling and allowed players into the city, but not for fear of the law and not in favor of gambling. Thousands of peoples migrated from the north and northwest - to the Miami region, from both the southern and southern parts of Florida. Authorities in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other cities in the South and Southeast had relocated thousands of their residents from across North and South America. The Miami's authorities were very lenient in regulating the prohibition and allowed gambling in and around Miami in the late 1920s and early 1930s; they had allowed gambling in and outside Chicago and Northwest Florida during that time, and they had allowed casinos in Miami and South and East Florida during those periods.

William Brickell, known as "Father of Miami," who came from Cleveland, Ohio, in 1871, was a houseman. In a 1958 article for the Miami News, Bickell was referred to as "Miami" or "another Miami's."

 

Despite what local historians from South Florida have told us for decades, the original story says that he alone founded the city of Miami.

Title was one of only nine people living in Miami's when he moved there in 1891, and he was the only one in the city of Miami to have a permanent residence. In 1900, 1,681 people lived in Miami, Florida; in 1910, there were 5,471; and in 1920, 29,549 people lived or lived in Florida, the second-largest city in America after New York City in New Jersey, according to the US Census Bureau Bureau data. By 1900 they were living in Chicago, Illinois; by 1910 they were in Washington, D.C., and by 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, where the University of Illinois was based at Urbana-Champaign, a large university in South Florida that housed a number of colleges and universities, as well as the state's first public school system. And by 1900, he was living in Miami, Florida, the third-most populous city after Chicago and New Orleans, with 1,781 people.

 

The City of Miami was Born

On June 24, 1927, the city of South Miami ceased to exist, and the city of Miami, named after the Miami River, was founded with 502 voters, including 100 registered black voters. It was the fifth community to join the state of Florida after Miami Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami. The Charter was adopted by the Florida Legislature on June 25, 1929, by a majority of 2,000 to 1,500. On June 26, 1930, a charter for a new city was ratified at the request of the City Council, and on July 4, 1931, "The City" of South Miami was born, according to the US Census Bureau.

The Miami area is located in Florida's Everglades and Biscayne Bay, which stretch from Florida Bay north to Lake Okeechobee. The unique subtropical environment of South Florida makes this area of coral reefs and the Everglade a unique area in the United States. Miami - Dade County, a county that includes the cities of Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Miami Beach and Palm Springs, includes the southern part of the Florida Gold Coast, which together form many smaller communities and unincorporated areas. During the summer months, the Miami's WFO is predicted and assumed by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to be a tropical cyclone or storm.

 

biscayne bay miami

Biscayne Bay - Courtesy of Wikipedia

This post was brought to you courtesy of Custom Pools Miami Voted the Best Pool Builder in Miami

To Learn more on Miami, FL Visit Things to do in Miami Florida

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

If you need a Miami Pool Builder you can trusts, we're here to help. 

Directions

We're located off the 826 bird road exit east to 72nd Ave next to the AD Barns Park. Head south on 72nd Ave to 47th St and turn east to the 7168 building. 

 

Directions

Address

7170 SW 47th St
Miami, FL 33155

 

Call Us

(305) 255-5315

Google Maps

Business Hours

Monday: 9 AM–5 PM
Tuesday: 9 AM–5 PM
Wednesday: 9 AM–5 PM
Thursday: 9 AM–5 PM
Friday: 9 AM–5 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed