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On July 28, 1896, Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300. [6] Miami prospered during the 1920s, but weakened when the real-estate bubble burst in 1925, which was shortly followed by the 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South Florida headquartered in city. Omni International Mall in business. 1980s-1990s. 1980 May: race riots in Overtown and Liberty City after the death of Arthur McDuffie. April–October: Cubans arrive in city via Mariel boatlift. Miami MetroZoo opens near city. Population: 346,865; 1981
Miami, [11] officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the much larger Miami metropolitan area, which, with a population of 6.14 million, is the second-largest metropolitan area in the Southeast after Atlanta, and the ninth-largest in the ...
2000, December: Miami city commission established the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust. 2001: Miami-Dade County approved $5 million in funding for improvements to the park and construction of museum.
No. Image Mayor Term start Term end Party Ref. 1: John B. Reilly: 1896 1900 Republican: 2: J. E. Lummus: 1900 1903 Republican: 3: John Sewell: 1903 1907 Republican
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Julia Tuttle. Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 [1] – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami." She is the only woman to have founded what would become a major American city.
Rupp and Piket say DuPuis was a significant figure in early Miami history, establishing the first medical practice and pharmacy in Lemon City, an unincorporated farming area that was annexed the ...