. . . NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February featuring the Daytona 500 and ends all three Series in November at Homestead-Miami Speedway Daytona also has the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR race weekend around Independence Day in July the 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most prestigious endurance auto races the Grand Prix of St Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well. Jacksonville 18/6 20/7 23/10 26/13 30/17 32/21 33/23 33/23 31/21 27/16 23/11 19/7 1940s: World War II Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. 4.1 PortMiami 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. .
(26.4) 73.8 Pompano Beach 99,845 78,191 Broward The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded in 1993 as an expansion team They have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996 They play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center. Contents 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. Intercity rail In 1997 Dade County formally changed its name to Miami-Dade County and the school board subsequently changed its name as well. . Main article: Environment of Florida Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the Landon Undergraduate School of Business in 2012 11th in Operations Management and 99th for Accounting, FIU's campus has been the set for many films television shows and music videos One of the earliest television shows to have filmed at FIU was Miami Vice in 1985 in the episode "The Fix" the FIU Arena was used as one of the scenes the TV show Burn Notice has also filmed various episodes at FIU with scenes at the College of Business Buildings and the Diaz-Balart College of Law Building in 2007 Chris Brown filmed the music video for his song "Kiss Kiss" at FIU with scenes near the Frost Art Museum and around the Graham Center Various telenovelas for Telemundo and Univision have filmed television episodes at FIU as well in 2007 Telemundo's Pecados Ajenos was filmed in the Graham Center. . .
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