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Economic prosperity in the 1920s stimulated tourism to Florida and related development of hotels and resort communities Combined with its sudden elevation in profile was the Florida land boom of the 1920s which brought a brief period of intense land development Devastating hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 followed by the Great Depression brought that period to a halt Florida's economy did not fully recover until the military buildup for World War II. Florida attracted numerous Africans and African Americans from adjacent British colonies who sought freedom from slavery in 1738 Governor Manuel de Montiano established Fort Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose near St Augustine a fortified town for escaped slaves to whom Montiano granted citizenship and freedom in return for their service in the Florida militia and which became the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in North America, 7.1 Colleges and universities The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.". 3 Climate 9.5 Street grid, In the subpolar gyre of the North Atlantic warm subtropical waters are transformed into colder subpolar and polar waters in the Labrador Sea this water flows back to the subtropical gyre. 1.5% English Main article: PortMiami, WBRY is Barry University's student-run campus radio station and is broadcast on 1640 AM Student DJs play "all kinds of music from hip hop to classic rock classical music to inner city blues." Other programming includes sports shows talk shows and daily news. Alex Ferrer 1983 (B.P.S.) American television personality lawyer and retired judge who presided as the arbiter on Judge Alex. Hallandale Beach 4 Formative and sustaining processes, Area 380 acres (1,500,000 m2) Twenty-first century Miami-Dade County is only about 6 feet (1.8 m) above sea level It is rather new geologically and is at the eastern edge of the Florida Platform a carbonate plateau created millions of years ago Eastern Dade is composed of Oolite limestone while western Dade is composed mostly of Bryozoa Miami-Dade is among the last areas of Florida to be created and populated with fauna and flora mostly in the Pleistocene. 3.2 Education households income and poverty, Traditional rivals of the FIU Panthers include Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami the Panthers football team competes in the annual Shula Bowl a yearly football game played for the Don Shula Award against in-state rival Florida Atlantic University Due to this competition in the Shula Bowl the rivalry between the two schools has grown with the rivalry extending into the men's baseball and basketball teams as well, The story of Florida International University's founding began in 1943 when state Senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S senator Bob Graham) presented the state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in South Florida While his bill did not pass Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues advising them of Miami's need for a state university He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population.

Wellington 20 Homestead Miami-Dade 31,909 60,512 70,477 +16.47% Kendall 5.1 Top private employers Paul S Walker Park CBD. . . While the railroad's extension to Miami remained unannounced in the spring of 1895 rumors of this possibility continued to multiply fueling real estate activity in the Biscayne Bay area the news of the railroad's extension was officially announced on June 21 1895 in late September the work on the railroad began and settlers began pouring into the promised "freeze proof" lands on October 24 1895 the contract agreed upon by Flagler and Tuttle was approved, In greater Miami the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) maintain eight state expressways in conjunction with FDOT the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) relay western Miami-Dade suburbs to the eastern urban coast at I-95 and to Miami Beach via I-195 and I-395 at the Airport and Midtown interchanges the Gratigny Parkway (SR 924) connects northern Miami suburbs to the southern end of I-75 the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) is the primary beltway road of urban Miami relaying I-95 and Florida's Turnpike (SR 91) at the Golden Glades Interchange near northeastern North Miami Beach to the southern inland suburbs of Kendall and Pinecrest the Don Shula Expressway (SR 874) and the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (SR 821) form the southernmost end of the beltway connecting the Palmetto Expressway to the bedroom communities of Homestead and Florida City the Snapper Creek Expressway (SR 878) relays the Don Shula Expressway to South Dixie Highway (US 1).