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. Concourse J at Miami International Airport 14 Gallery After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 Fitzpatrick's nephew William English re-established the plantation in Miami He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land When English died in California in 1852 his plantation died with him. Calusa and Tequesta, Education In 1997 Dade County formally changed its name to Miami-Dade County and the school board subsequently changed its name as well, Several ecosystems are present in the Everglades and boundaries between them are subtle or absent the primary feature of the Everglades is the sawgrass marsh the iconic water and sawgrass combination in the shallow river 100 miles (160 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide that spans from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is often referred to as the "true Everglades" or just "the Glades" Prior to the first drainage attempts in 1905 the sheetflow occupied nearly a third of the lower Florida peninsula Sawgrass thrives in the slowly moving water but may die in unusually deep floods if oxygen is unable to reach its roots It is particularly vulnerable immediately after a fire the hydroperiod for the marsh is at least nine months and can last longer Where sawgrass grows densely few animals or other plants live although alligators choose these locations for nesting Where there is more room periphyton grows Periphyton supports larval insects and amphibians which in turn are consumed as food by birds fish and reptiles it also absorbs calcium from water which adds to the calcitic composition of the marl.

. Miami-Dade County has operated under a unique metropolitan system of government a "two-tier federation" since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law, Notes Miami Florida Business directory Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses and competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center. Main article: Tropical hardwood hammock, Boca Pointe Barry University is a private Catholic university founded in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters Located in Miami Shores Florida a suburb north of Downtown Miami it is one of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast and is within the territory of the Archdiocese of Miami, (221) 7.11 The Miami-Dade County Courthouse built in 1925 is one of many local state and federal courthouses in Downtown centered primarily around Government Center.