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Mar 7, 2023 · A current view of Downtown Miami. Julia Tuttle’s estate used to sit here. Photo: Unsplash. The first train arrived in the area on April 22, 1896, and all thanks to Tuttle’s prowess. Later, on June 28 of that same year, a group of male residents voted to incorporate the new city of Miami but Tuttle was the main driving force behind its growth.
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 ...
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Miami, FL. Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle, A landowner who was key to the development of Miami, Julia Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She married in 1871, bore two children, and visited Miami for the first time in 1875. After her husband’s death in 1891, she moved there permanently. Tuttle bought a square mile of land at the mouth of ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Julia DeForest Tuttle. By Jackie Levine. Real estate, development, promotion (Miami) Years: 1849–1898. Remembered for: Tuttle waged a creative and persistent campaign to lure the railroad to the wilds of south Florida. With success, she became known as “Mother of Miami,” the only female founder of a major U.S. city. Why you should know her:
Mar 24, 2023 · Tuttle waged a creative and persistent campaign to lure the railroad to the wilds of south Florida. With success, she became known as “Mother of Miami,” the only female founder of a major U.S. city. In 1848, Julia DeForest Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Ephraim Sturtevant, a college instructor who became a planter and ...
Oct 7, 2021 · October 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 ...
Mar 4, 2022 · MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In honor of Women's History Month, a look at Julia Tuttle, known as the "mother of Miami." Julia Tuttle owned the land that modern Miami was built on and promoted the city's ...
