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2.4 Physical and social factors See also: Sport in Miami Florida International University has two major campuses in Miami the main campus University Park and its regional campus the Biscayne Bay Campus as well as several branch campuses and research facilities throughout South Florida in Tianjin China and in Nervi and Genoa Italy. 11 Media Uneven limestone formations in an Everglades sawgrass prairie, 2 Geography 2 Geography Main article: Indigenous people of the Everglades region; . She tried to persuade railroad magnate Henry Flagler to expand his rail line the Florida East Coast Railway southward to the area but he initially declined in December 1894 Florida was struck by a freeze that destroyed virtually the entire citrus crop in the northern half of the state a few months later on the night of February 7 1895 the northern part of Florida was hit by another freeze that wiped out the remaining crops and the new trees Unlike most of the rest of the state the Miami area was unaffected Tuttle wrote to Flagler again asking him to visit the area and to see it for himself Flagler sent James E Ingraham to investigate and he returned with a favorable report and a box of orange blossoms to show that the area had escaped the frost Flagler followed up with his own visit and concluded at the end of his first day that the area was ripe for expansion He made the decision to extend his railroad to Miami and build a resort hotel. . .