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. Rum-runners used the Everglades as a hiding spot during Prohibition; it was so vast there were never enough law enforcement officers to patrol it the arrival of the railroad and the discovery that adding trace elements like copper was the remedy for crops sprouting and dying quickly soon created a population boom New towns such as Moore Haven Clewiston and Belle Glade sprouted like the crops Sugarcane became the primary crop grown in South Florida Miami experienced a second real estate boom that earned a developer in Coral Gables $150 million Undeveloped land north of Miami sold for $30,600 an acre in 1925 Miami newspapers published editions weighing over 7 pounds (3.2 kg) most of it in real estate advertising Waterfront property was the most highly valued Mangrove trees were cut down and replaced with palm trees to improve the view Acres of South Florida slash pine were cleared Some of the pine was for lumber but most of the pine forests in Dade County were cleared for development. 14 External links 2012 50.0% 4,237,756 49.1% 4,163,447 The Everglades hosts 1,392 exotic plant species actively reproducing in the region outnumbering the 1,301 species considered native to South Florida the melaleuca tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) takes water in greater amounts than other trees Melaleucas grow taller and more densely in the Everglades than in their native Australia making them unsuitable as nesting areas for birds with wide wingspans They also choke out native vegetation More than $2 million has been spent on keeping them out of Everglades National Park. Two catastrophic hurricanes in 1926 and 1928 caused Lake Okeechobee to breach its levees killing thousands of people the government began to focus on the control of floods rather than drainage the Okeechobee Flood Control District was created in 1929 financed by both state and federal funds President Herbert Hoover toured the towns affected by the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to assist the communities surrounding the lake Between 1930 and 1937 a dike 66 miles (106 km) long was built around the southern edge of the lake Control of the Hoover Dike and the waters of Lake Okeechobee were delegated to federal powers: the United States declared legal limits of the lake to between 14 and 17 feet (4.3 and 5.2 m) a massive canal was also constructed 80 feet (24 m) wide and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep through the Caloosahatchee River; whenever the lake rose too high the excess water left through the canal More than $20 million was spent on the entire project Sugarcane production soared after the dike and canal were built the populations of the small towns surrounding the lake jumped from 3,000 to 9,000 after World War II. Opa-locka Star Island The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145.3 billion the economy of Florida is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas in 2004 they had a combined total of 95.7% of the state's domestic product; .

Native American[note 1] <1% 0.6% 1.4%, 1 History The North Bay of the Biscayne Bay lies between Miami Beach barrier island and Miami on the mainland it has been severely affected over the last century by raw sewage releases urban runoff shoreline bulkheading dredging the creation of artificial islands and the loss of natural fresh water flow into the bay However water quality has steadily improved since regular monitoring began in 1979 North Bay accounts for only 10% of the water area of the bay. FIUSM is the umbrella organization for the Beacon the student-run newspaper; FIUSM.com the student-run news and media website; and WRGP Radiate FM the student-run radio station Each organization's directors are selected by the Student Media board on a yearly basis, A sign advertising the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike. SR 874 (Don Shula Expressway): 826/Bird Road to Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike/Kendall, 1 Area See also: Miami in popular culture LGBT culture in Miami and List of films and television shows set in Miami. Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000), Miami City Ballet North Perry Airport HWO KHWO Broward, Exports and Imports of products goods or services are usually a country's most important international economic transactions. 5.3 Tourism In 1975 school boundaries were created forcing students to attend the schools located within their respective areas This law allowed for any student to attend the closest school regardless of race or ethnicity, 1 Names (Most Recent) 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. Climate CR 948 Lindgren Road extension of SR 825 As the "Cargo Gateway of the Americas" the port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk vehicles and industrial equipment It is the largest container port in the state of Florida and ninth in the United States As a world-class port PortMiami is among an elite group of ports in the world which cater to both cruise ships and containerized cargo. Iberia Madrid Miami Florida Business directory, Est 2018 21,299,325 13.3% S Cuisine, The metropolitan area is served by three major commercial airports These airports combine to make the fourth largest domestic origin and destination market in the United States after New York City Los Angeles and Chicago.