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In 1830 Richard Fitzpatrick bought land on the Miami River from Bahamian James Egan He built a plantation with slave labor where he cultivated sugarcane bananas maize and tropical fruit in January 1836 shortly after the beginning of the Second Seminole War Fitzpatrick removed his slaves and closed his plantation; . 10 Bibliography School of International and Public Affairs Building 2010, 6 Notable alumni Fisher Island (70) 2.56 S?? 11 Notable people - University business professors ($75,000)*.

Tourism and conventions Miami music is varied Cubans brought the conga and rumba while Haitians and the rest of the French West Indies have brought kompa and zouk to Miami from their homelands instantly popularizing them in American culture Dominicans brought bachata and merengue while Colombians brought vallenato and cumbia and Brazilians brought samba West Indians and Caribbean people have brought reggae soca calypso and steel pan to the area as well, After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 William English re-established a plantation started by his uncle on the Miami River He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land in 1844 Miami became the county seat and six years later a census reported there were ninety-six residents in the area the Third Seminole War was not as destructive as the second but it slowed the settlement of southeast Florida At the end of the war a few of the soldiers stayed. University Health Services Complex 1992, Fisheries 1996 48.0% 2,546,870 42.3% 2,244,536, View from one of the higher points in Miami west of downtown the highest natural point in the city of Miami is in Coconut Grove near the bay along the Miami Rock Ridge at 24 feet (7.3 m) above sea level; 4 Transportation Miami Florida Business directory, Private schools University Park accounted for 87% of the student population and 94% of housing students the Biscayne Bay Campus accounted for about 13% of the student population mostly of lower-division undergraduates and students of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Fall 2009 the average age for undergraduates was 23 and 31 for graduate students, The Miami skyline. . . 1.4 Reconstruction era and end of the 19th century, Hispanic Trends ranks the Executive MBA program 8th in its list of the best Executive MBA programs for Hispanics.