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West Palm Beach PBI Palm Beach International Airport Medium Hub 3,110,450 6.3 South Atlantic Humans arrived in the Florida peninsula approximately 15,000 years ago Paleo-Indians came to Florida probably following large game that included giant sloths saber-toothed cats and spectacled bears They found an arid landscape that supported plants and animals adapted for desert conditions However 6,500 years ago climate changes brought a wetter landscape; large animals became extinct in Florida and the Paleo-Indians slowly adapted and became the Archaic peoples They conformed to the environmental changes and created many tools with the various resources available During the Late Archaic period the climate became wetter again and approximately 3000 BCE the rise of water tables allowed an increase in population and cultural activity Florida Indians developed into three distinct but similar cultures that were named for the bodies of water near where they were located: Okeechobee Caloosahatchee and Glades. After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly. Booker T Washington High School, Albizu University San Juan Campus, In 2011 PortMiami was awarded a federal grant as part of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program to restore a connection between the Florida East Coast Railway's yard in Hialeah and the PortMiami directly connecting the port to rail networks across the United States as well as re-establishing the port's on-dock rail capability (loading and unloading directly between ships and trains) the railroad bridge connecting the PortMiami to the mainland was damaged by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 at which time service was suspended the project was scheduled to be finished in time for the completion of the other projects in 2014 the rail project is related to another scheme to increase PortMiami's capacity; an inland intermodal center known as Flagler Logistics Hub to be built to be built near the airport on 300 acres of land in Hialeah. Treasure hunters from the Bahamas and the Keys came to South Florida to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida reef some of whom accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves in 1825 the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built on nearby Key Biscayne to warn passing ships of the dangerous reefs, Prima Casa Montessori School, Miami Dolphins Football 1965 National Football League Hard Rock Stadium Super Bowl (2) (1972 1973). 1998 44.7% 1,773,054 55.3% 2,191,105, Architecture Dade-Collier Miami, The "Tropic" section and its columnist Dave Barry run the Herald Hunt a unique annual puzzlehunt in the Miami area.[citation needed]! . See also: Climate of Miami, Sky Lease Cargo, Central Florida Villa Vizcaya a popular tourist attraction. .

Concourse D The increasing population in towns near the Everglades hunted in the area Raccoons and otters were the most widely hunted for their skins Hunting often went unchecked; in one trip a Lake Okeechobee hunter killed 250 alligators and 172 otters Water birds were a particular target of plume hunting Bird feathers were used in women's hats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Grade 2: 26,423 American settlers began to establish cotton plantations in north Florida which required numerous laborers which they supplied by buying slaves in the domestic market by 1860 Florida had only 140,424 people of whom 44% were enslaved There were fewer than 1,000 free African Americans before the American Civil War! As of 2009 there are approximately 71,000 year-round residents in Greater Downtown (including Downtown's Brickell Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods) with close to 200,000 populating the Downtown area during the daytime making Downtown Miami one of the most populous downtowns in the U.S after New York City and Chicago With recent mass construction of high-rise residential buildings and office towers Downtown has experienced large growth with new shops bars parks and restaurants opening up attracting many new residents Along with Brickell Downtown has grown from 40,000 residents in 2000 to over 70,000 in 2009 making it one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida it was estimated in February 2010 that about 550 new residents move to the Downtown area every month as of 2009 over 190,000 office employees work in Downtown and Brickell. .