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Central East Florida Davie 91,992 75,720 Broward 6 Further reading Tri-Rail maintenance facility (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian) 11.9% 15.4% 57.9% After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 Fitzpatrick's nephew William English re-established the plantation in Miami He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land When English died in California in 1852 his plantation died with him. Florida has 131 public airports Florida's seven large hub and medium hub airports as classified by the FAA are the following:. South Beach Downtown has over 6,000 hotel rooms in numerous hotels Downtown has Miami's largest concentration of hotel rooms and is the city's hub for business travellers Many of these hotels are geared for business travellers mostly along Brickell Avenue some for luxury leisure stays and others as bargain tourist hotels Some of Downtown's largest hotels are:, See also: List of companies based in Miami. Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades. ! 17 Notes Sites of interest Though spelled the same in English the Florida city's name has nothing to do with the Miami people who lived in a completely different part of North America. The Freedom Tower built in 1925 is a local historic landmark and a symbol of the city, Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually, Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades.

I-4 which spans 133 miles bisects the state connecting Tampa Lakeland Orlando and Daytona Beach connecting with I-75 in Tampa and I-95 in Daytona Beach. In time the civil right's task force developed into a trust that was given the charge of re-opening the park as an open green space for a multi-cultural society the restoration process was divided into two major areas: environmental and historical the trust undertook the daunting task of removing all exotic vegetation from the park while replenishing the landscape with native vegetation in August 2002 the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and given a Florida Historical Marker. See also: List of radio stations in Florida, Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, This is a list of Miami-Dade county roads Miami-Dade County has fewer county roads than any other county in Florida despite its large population None are signed! Florida has three NFL teams two MLB teams two NBA teams two NHL teams and one MLS team Florida gained its first permanent major-league professional sports team in 1966 when the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins the state of Florida has given professional sports franchises some subsidies in the form of tax breaks since 1991, Miami experienced a very rapid growth up to World War II in 1900 1,681 people lived in Miami Florida; in 1910 there were 5,471 people; and in 1920 there were 29,549 people as thousands of people moved to the area in the early 20th century the need for more land quickly became apparent Until then the Florida Everglades only extended to three miles (5 km) west of Biscayne Bay Beginning in 1906 canals were made to remove some of the water from those lands Miami Beach was developed in 1913 when a two-mile (3 km) wooden bridge built by John Collins was completed During the early 1920s the authorities of Miami allowed gambling and were very lax in regulating prohibition so thousands of people migrated from the northern United States to the Miami region This caused the Florida land boom of the 1920s when many high-rise buildings were built Some early developments were razed after their initial construction to make way for larger buildings the population of Miami doubled from 1920 to 1923 the nearby areas of Lemon City Coconut Grove and Allapattah were annexed in the fall of 1925 creating the Greater Miami area; 6.1.2 Seminole Miami Florida Business directory, In 2011 the FIU Drumline appeared in the music video "Champion" by Nelly the FIU Band and Drumline continue to take part in many parades and shows including appearances on Univision the 2011 Florida Lottery commercial and many others; (24.5) Taxis The First Coconut Grove School built in 1887 served as both the religious and educational center of the pioneer community in 1889 the building was rented to the School Board for the purpose of servicing children in District #3 the first teachers at the First Coconut Grove Schoolhouse included C.L Trapp and Flora McFarlane the first students in attendance included Annie and Harry Peacock; John James Trinni and Mary Pent; and Lillian Grace Charlie and Joseph Frow, Miami Jewelry District In 2000 FIU became the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter the country's oldest and most distinguished academic honor society FIU is one of only 78 universities nationwide to hold both designations. Downtown is South Florida's main hub for finance commerce and international business Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the U.S. This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it (July 2011). Traditions The first permanent European settlers in the Miami area arrived around 1800 Pedro Fornells a Menorcan survivor of the New Smyrna colony moved to Key Biscayne to meet the terms of his Royal Grant for the island Although he returned with his family to St Augustine after six months he left a caretaker behind on the island On a trip to the island in 1803 Fornells had noted the presence of squatters on the mainland across Biscayne Bay from the island in 1825 U.S Marshal Waters Smith visited the Cape Florida Settlement (which was on the mainland) and conferred with squatters who wanted to obtain title to the land they were occupying on the mainland the Bahamian "squatters" had settled along the coast beginning in the 1790s John Egan had also received a grant from Spain during the Second Spanish Period John's son James Egan his wife Rebecca Egan his widow Mary "Polly" Lewis and Mary's brother-in-law Jonathan Lewis all received 640-acre land grants from the U.S. in present-day Miami Temple Pent and his family did not receive a land grant but nevertheless stayed in the area, Kirill Reznik CR 913 Crandon Boulevard Rickenbacker Causeway extension of SR 913, United Kingdom United Kingdom.