Jun 30, 2011 | COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Julia Tuttle came down to Florida from Cleveland, Ohio. After her husband passed, she ran the iron foundry which he owned. In 1891, her father passed and left her his land in Florida. She sold the iron foundry business in Ohio and moved to Biscayne Bay, purchasing the...
Jun 29, 2011 | COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Last month, an online contest was held, asking readers to vote for their favorite cities in the United States. The City of Coral Gables came in second place in most votes in the Most Beautiful City category. Coral Gables was recently named a finalist for the Most...
Jun 23, 2011 | COMMUNITY INFORMATION, MIAMI REAL ESTATE
John Stiles Collins was a farmer from New Jersey who moved to South Florida to grow vegetables . He attempted to grow coconuts and vegetables on the swampy stretch of land between Miami and the ocean – a barrier island which became Miami Beach. John Collins also...
Jun 8, 2011 | COMMUNITY INFORMATION
William Brickell is co-founder of the city of Miami, along with Julia Tuttle. He moved to South Florida from Cleveland, Ohio in 1871, where his family opened a trading post and post office on the south bank of the Miami River. William and his family owned large...
Jun 3, 2011 | COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Known as the planner and builder of Coral Gables, George Edgar Merrick was a real estate developer, who in the 1920s was behind one of the first planned communities in the United States, Coral Gables.His family moved to Miami from Massachusets in 1898 when George was...
