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, Treasure Coast Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami, 7 Health Bookstores Nursing and Health Sciences Building 2009 National. . . With the rise of sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene approximately 17,000 years ago the runoff of water from Lake Okeechobee slowed and created the vast marshland that is now known as the Everglades Slower runoff also created an accumulation of almost 18 feet (5.5 m) of peat in the area the presence of such peat deposits dated to about 5,000 years ago is evidence that widespread flooding had occurred by then, Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible, Avianca El Salvador Guatemala City Managua San Pedro Sula San Salvador. 1974 61.2% 1,118,954 38.8% 709,438 12 Boca Raton Palm Beach 74,764 84,392 99,244 +17.60%. .
Miami dialect Thousands of years before Europeans arrived a large portion of south east Florida including the area where Miami Florida exists today was inhabited by Tequestas the Tequesta (also Tekesta Tegesta Chequesta Vizcaynos) Native American tribe at the time of first European contact occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida They had infrequent contact with Europeans and had largely migrated by the middle of the 18th century Miami is named after the Mayaimi a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century! ; 5.3 Pineland Avianca El Salvador Guatemala City Managua San Pedro Sula San Salvador 2 Other professional teams. All of the 67 counties in Florida, Further information: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Miami Florida Business directory. .
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