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Jan 13, 2020 · Henry Flagler and Julia Tuttle (the mother of Miami) helped establish Miami way back in 1896. Legend has it Tuttle convinced her friend the railroad tycoon to bring his fellow wealthy Northern businessmen friends down to the city by sending him the only crop she had planted on her farm- an orange – that had survived the Great Freeze in the ...
May 17, 2023 · When Julia Sturtevant Tuttle, a young wife and mother of two from Cleveland, visited her parents in remote South Florida in 1875, she fell in love with the clear blue waters of Biscayne Bay. She later purchased 640 acres at the mouth of the Miami River and returned as a widow to live there in 1891. Thanks to her convincing Henry Flagler to ...
Oct 7, 2021 · In 1890, entrepreneur and businesswoman Julia Tuttle used her inheritance to purchase 640 acres on the Miami River and started a movement to establish a new city there. Legend has it, Tuttle convinced railroad tycoon Henry Flagler to extend his railway to Miami by sending him an orange, proving that tropical Miami was unaffected by the Great ...
84 °F. wind. 11.9 mph. Humidity. 72 %. Welcome to the vibrant city of Miami, where the sun shines bright, and the energy is contagious. Among the many iconic landmarks that adorn this beautiful city, the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge stands tall as a symbol of connection and vitality. This magnificent bridge not only serves as a vital ...
Dec 17, 2016 · Julia Tuttle. Widely recognized as the only female founder of a major U.S. city, Julia Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848. Tuttle first saw southern Florida when she visited her father, who moved there as a homesteader, in 1875. After her husband died in 1886, Tuttle decided to move to southern Florida where she bought several hundred ...
State Road 112 ( SR 112) is a 9.9-mile-long (15.9 km) east–west state highway connecting Miami International Airport in Miami to Miami Beach in the U.S. state of Florida. Between the airport and Interstate 95, it is locally known as the Airport Expressway (or the Airport Tollway), and is a controlled-access toll road between SR 9 and I-95.
14 Sep 1898. Julia DeForest Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami” died on this date. Mrs. Tuttle first came to the Biscayne Bay area in the 1870s when she was in her 20s to visit her father. Born in Cleveland Ohio on January 22, 1849, and married to a wealthy ironworks magnate in her mid-20s, she returned to Miami to live permanently after her ...
