Dr. Jackson was secretary of the Florida State Association of Railway Surgeons at the time this letter was written in Bronson, Fla. In April of the same year he relocated to Miami as Florida East Coast Railroad surgeon. A leading physician in the area, he served as the county's first public health officer, and headed Miami's first hospital, which was renamed Jackson Memorial Hospital in his honor.
General Jesup led U.S. army forces in Florida during the second Seminole War, 1836-1838.
Hattie Carpenter was an original faculty member of Miami High School. She later became a journalist and associate editor for the Miami Metropolis.
Paper written by Ironaca Morris for a graduate course taught by Dr. Eugene Provenzo at the University of Miami.
The North-South tournaments was founded by Ray Mitchell to meet the needs of African American golfers after World War II, as the few segregated municipal courses and privately owned African American courses were insufficient to meet the growing demand among players. Jacksonville was the original venue, but the event moved to larger facilities at the Miami Springs Golf Course in 1955.
Commercial photographer in the Miami area. Romer's photographs were subsequently acquired by Miami-Dade Public Library.
Physician. Eleanor Galt Simmons came to Coconut Grove in the 1890s, and for many years was the only woman doctor in the area.
Land lies wholly within the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 54 South, Range 42 East. In 1926 the Rivera Apartment building was constructed on the property. It was renamed The Marilyn between 1988 and 2004.
John Dixon, Master of the Schooner Industry of Montreal, describes how he sailed from Jamaica, with a cargo of rum, sugar, molasses & pimento, bound for Quebec. On September 12, he ran ashore during a storm near latitude 23 degrees, 51 minutes. Wreckers saved part of the cargo, and took it and the crew to Key West, where they arrived September 21. Notarized by S. Windsor Smith.
Includes letter from E. G. Sewell outlining the infrastructure and facilities already in place to support Miami's bid for a deep water port.
The West family lived (and live) on a branch of the New River, in Fort Lauderdale. Grace West's daughter, Patsy West, would have been a pre-schooler at the time and the child's safety was surely part of the mother's concern.
Filled out by Miami High School student.
A.B. Hurst operated a coontie starch mill near Little River from around 1908. Some time in 1919 or 1920 the business moved to the "Kendal" area in southwest Dade County (near present-day U.S. 1 and S.W. 104 Street), closer to unharvested fields of the coontie plant (Zamia Floridiana). World War I increased demand for the starch, which was found to be easily digested by soldiers who had been gassed. In 1921 Hurst began the process of incorporating the family business; by 1925 the demand for the starch had declined, and the company ceased operations in 1926.
Charles and Isabella Peacock operated Bay View House/Peacock Inn, in Coconut Grove, beginning in 1882. Their son, Alfred Peacock, operated a general store into the 20th century. In 1963 the Historical Association of Southern Florida erected a historic marker near the site of the inn.
In a Miami trying to recover from the effects of the 1926 hurricane and the land bust, a successful Lions convention was extremely important. This journal, probably written by Mrs. C. T. Bishop, includes descriptions of the towns at which they stopped as well as the conventioneer wives' activities.