In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami; . As rain continued to fall the slightly acidic rainwater dissolved the limestone as limestone wore away the groundwater came into contact with the land surface and created a massive wetland ecosystem Although the region appears flat weathering of the limestone created slight valleys and plateaus in some areas These plateaus rise and fall only a few inches but on the subtle South Florida topography these small variations affect both the flow of water and the types of vegetation that can take hold. . Miami is also a major fashion center home to models and some of the top modeling agencies in the world the city is host to many fashion shows and events including the annual Miami Fashion Week and the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami held in the Wynwood Art District, In 2016 Florida had the highest percentage of West Indians in the United States at 4.5% with 2.3% (483,874) from Haitian ancestry 1.5% (303,527) Jamaican and 0.2% (31,966) Bahamian with the other West Indian groups making up the rest. 1.1 Beginnings Concourse B Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools:, Miami metropolitan area divisions 2000, 1.1 Beginnings The early 21st century was characterized by the widespread adoption of information technology for everyday use by classroom teachers students and parents One noteworthy process was the phased introduction of Excelsior Software's Electronic Gradebook Riverdeep software BrainPOP TeenBiz and FCAT Explorer During the 2010s Edmodo was also phased into the classrooms of Miami-Dade. .
The increasing population in towns near the Everglades hunted in the area Raccoons and otters were the most widely hunted for their skins Hunting often went unchecked; in one trip a Lake Okeechobee hunter killed 250 alligators and 172 otters Water birds were a particular target of plume hunting Bird feathers were used in women's hats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, National origin and language: Of the people living in the Miami metro area in 2005 63% were born in the United States (including 30% who were born in Florida) and 37% were foreign born Among people at least five years old living in the region in 2005 52% spoke English at home while 48% spoke some other language at home Of those speaking a language other than English at home 78% spoke Spanish and 22% spoke some other language (mainly Haitian Creole but also French German Hebrew Italian Portuguese Russian or Yiddish); As a result of climate change there have been small numbers of several new species normally native to cooler areas to the north: snowy owls snow buntings harlequin ducks and razorbills These have been seen in the northern part of the state! ; The city's name is derived from the Miami River which is ultimately derived from the Mayaimi people who lived in the area at the time of European colonization, ?SF ?F? F?S ??? According to Miami's Beacon Council the top government employers in 2014 in the county were:, Wolfsonian (Florida International University Miami Beach) Level 1 of the terminal contains baggage carousels and ground transportation access Level 2 contains ticketing/check-in shopping and dining and access to the concourses the airport currently has three immigration and customs facilities (FIS) located in Concourse D Level 3 Concourse E Level 3 and in Concourse J Level 3 the Concourse D FIS and Concourse E FIS can be utilized by flights arriving at all gates in Concourse D all gates in Concourse E and most gates in Concourse F the Concourse J FIS can be utilized by flights arriving at some gates in Concourse H and all gates in Concourse J However all gates in Concourse G and some gates in Concourses F and H do not have the facilities to route passengers to any FIS and therefore can only be used for domestic arrivals MIA is unique among American airports in that all of its facilities are common-use meaning that they are assigned by the airport and no one airline holds ownership or leases on any terminal space or gates thus giving the airport much more flexibility in terminal and gate assignments and allowing it to make full use of existing facilities the entire airport became common-use by the 1990s the single terminal facility is divided into three sections known as the North Terminal Central Terminal and South Terminal.
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