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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMG_little-haitis-mache-ayisyen-the-caribbean-marketplace_Miami-FL.html
Little Haiti's Mache Ayisyen-"The Caribbean Marketplace". . In the 1980s, thousands of Haitian immigrants settled in Miami, and the neighborhood of Little Haiti began to form. The building that would become this Haitian marketplace was originally …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDX_lemon-city-cemetery_Miami-FL.html
Lemon City Cemetery. . By the 1870s, nearly 1,000 African Americans were living in and around the unincorporated community of Lemon City, located just north of the Miami city limits. Most of the black community were Bahamian immigrants who worked …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXR_city-of-coral-gables_Miami-FL.html
City of Coral Gables. . Incorporated April 29, 1925 Originated in 1898 as the Plantation of Reverend S.G. Merrick Founded and building begun by George E. Merrick November 1921. var plainText = document.getElementById('i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CXQ_gfwc-coco-plum-womans-club_Coral-Gables-FL.html
GFWC Coco Plum Woman's Club. . (Side 1) . Pioneer women from distant urban areas were lonely and isolated in the pines and palmettos of South Florida. On February 14, 1912, six of them met at Eleanor Jordan's home and founded the Coco Plum Thimbl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29R5_historical-marker-2-dance-pavilion_Miami-FL.html
A 1918 map located a "Negro Dance Pavilion" on Virginia Key. When Virginia Key Beach Park opened in 1945, a concrete dance floor was included on this site. Beach visitors danced the Lindy Hop, Foxtrot, Twist, Monkey, Mash Potato, Robot, and Hustle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QT_port-of-miami_Miami-FL.html
Miami's waterfront location has played a critical role in its history. In 1895, landowners Julia Tuttle and William and Mary Brickell persuaded Henry Flagler to extend his Florida East Coast Railroad south and build a port city. Flagler's first pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QO_miami-stadium_Miami-FL.html
Side 1 On its opening night, August 31, 1949, Major League Baseball Commissioner Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler declared, "I know of no more beautiful ballpark anywhere than this new Miami Stadium." From its iconic neon faƧ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29QN_george-allen-avenue_Coral-Gables-FL.html
George Allen, a native of the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, moved to South Florida in 1928 seeking a more productive life style for his family. Allen became employed by George Merrick, the founder of Coral Gables. and rose quickly through th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29Q8_office-of-dr-james-jackson-miamis-first-physician_Miami-FL.html
Dr. James M. Jackson moved with his wife Edith to Miami in 1896 and became the city's first resident physician. In 1899 they built a home on land purchased from the "Mother of Miami," Julia Tuttle. Dr. Jackson built this one-story frame …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29PY_nw-36th-street-bridge_Miami-FL.html
A rare example of a Hanover Skew bridge once crossed the Miami Canal at this location. The bridge, completed in 1952, was built to carry increasing automobile traffic to and from Miami International Airport, southwest of this location. In the earl…
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