6.4 Growth of urban areas, 9 Transportation Cuban American female recording artist Ana Cristina was born in Miami in 1985, Shuttered for two decades Virginia Key Beach was eroded by storms its buildings damaged and vandalized and park lands invaded by exotic plants and animals Beset by declining revenues some City officials began to speculate over schemes to sell off the development rights on Virginia Key as plans leaked a local coalition formed among Miami's grassroots activists protesting any commercial development and asking for a complete restoration and re-opening of Miami's largest park and only public park on the Atlantic Ocean the leadership at City Hall appointed an official community-based civil rights task force to provide a public forum for the park's future. .
. . Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Main articles: Calusa and Tequesta Fort Dallas built in 1836 Kissimmee River Recent history Main article: Everglades National Park The first permanent European settlers arrived in the early 19th century People came from the Bahamas to South Florida and the Keys to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida Reef Some accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves the area was affected by the Second Seminole War during which Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Most non-Indian residents were soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas it was the most devastating Indian war in American history causing almost a total loss of population in Miami. Name Termini Year built 2.1 San Juan Campus 6 Plate tectonics Mangrove and Coastal prairie Importance of language and cultural studies. . . Two or more races:2.2% [132,762] The idea of a national park for the Everglades was pitched in 1928 when a Miami land developer named Ernest F Coe established the Everglades Tropical National Park Association it had enough support to be declared a national park by Congress in 1934 it took another 13 years to be dedicated on December 6 1947 One month before the dedication of the park a former editor from the Miami Herald and freelance writer named Marjory Stoneman Douglas released her first book titled the Everglades: River of Grass After researching the region for five years she described the history and ecology of the South Florida in great detail She characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a stagnant swamp the last chapter was titled "The Eleventh Hour" and warned that the Everglades were dying although it could be reversed. .
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