. When the first Europeans visited in the mid-1500s the inhabitants of the Miami area were the Tequesta people who controlled an area covering much of southeastern Florida including what is now Miami-Dade County Broward County and the southern parts of Palm Beach County the Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did not practice any form of agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased but put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see the Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle; 1.5% English Several archaeological sites are known from the area occupied by the Mayaimi including Fort Center Belle Glade Big Mound City the Boynton Mounds complex and Tony's Mound.
Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown), Whisper Walk Agriculture is the second largest industry in the state Citrus fruit especially oranges are a major part of the economy and Florida produces the majority of citrus fruit grown in the United States in 2006 67% of all citrus 74% of oranges 58% of tangerines and 54% of grapefruit were grown in Florida About 95% of commercial orange production in the state is destined for processing (mostly as orange juice the official state beverage), 7.6 Future of the Everglades 2.7 Model United Nations Program Est 2018 2,761,581 10.6%. The Miami area is a diverse community with a large proportion of foreign-born residents in large part due to its proximity to Latin America and the Caribbean, FIU Panthers Football NCAA D-I (Conference USA) FIU Stadium (23,500) 15,453 None. Passenger ??F 3.2 Settlements 4.1 Salinity, Public organizations with their main offices in Downtown include the central offices of the Beacon Council the Downtown Development Authority Miami-Dade County government Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami Police Department and Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation as well as numerous City of Miami departments despite city hall's location in Coconut Grove. A Panoramic View of Concourses G and H as well as the new Concourse J from the south, Technology is expanding especially in transportation and communications Miami Book Fair International an annual literary festival held at Miami Dade College; AstraZeneca's Latin American headquarters Class of 2012. 7 Legacy Student life 4 Water characteristics Main University Park buildings, Historically Florida's economy has been based primarily upon agricultural products such as cattle sugar cane citrus fruits tomatoes and strawberries. Year Democratic Republican Homestead General Aviation Airport 8 Architecture (25.7) 82.0 Northern Downtown Miami overlooking Interstate 95 The military penetration of southern Florida offered the opportunity to map a poorly understood and largely unknown part of the country an 1840 expedition into the Everglades offered the first printed account for the general public to read about the Everglades the anonymous writer described the terrain the party was crossing:.
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