Aerial of shoreline with houses and piersEverglades National Park; National Park ServiceAerial view of shoreline with houses and piers; "Marathon-looking East". Locality: Marathon.
Correspondence relating to land in the Cape Sable area(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) Detroit (Fla.) was founded in 1908, and renamed Florida City in 1914. Sawgrass marshes were drained there, and land was sold for agriculture. Fresh water for the Florida East Coast Railway Oversea Extension (steam locomotives and human consumption) came from the mainland rather than from limited Florida Keys freshwater sources.
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Records relating to T48S R43S section 30 (Pompano Beach)(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) Pompano Beach originated during and after 1896, when the Florida East Coast Railway extended through Broward County, and the Model Land Company drained and sold adjacent land.
Notes and transcripts relating to the King survey and Hamilton Disston's drainage and sugar plantation projects(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.; (Biographical) Lost in the Everglades describes a 1917 expedition to the Jaudon property (Hopkins Tract), led by surveyor J. W. King. The other documents relate to Hamilton Disston, who attempted to drain the north Everglades, 1881-1896.
Correspondence relating to the Southern and Broward Drainage Districts(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.
Aerial view of Rankin BightEverglades National Park; National Park ServicePhotographic Record Card reads: "Rankin Bight from North." Aerial view of land which curves into two "hooks" around water.
Aerial of North West CapeEverglades National Park; National Park ServicePhotographic Record Card reads: "North West Cape looking South." Aerial view showing water, beach and inland.
Distant Aerial of Rankin BightEverglades National Park; National Park ServicePhotographic Record Card reads: "Rankin Bight from South." Aerial view showing long island and several smaller islands just beyond "hooks" of land.
Aerial view of distant coastEverglades National Park; National Park ServicePhotographic Record Card reads: "Rankin Bight from South." View of land in distance with water in foreground.
Concrete paving, broken by storm, Coquina Beach, 1962Cape Hatteras National SeashoreLC. Storm 3/7/62 Concrete paving at Coquina Beach broken by storm. Cape Hatteras NSRA. Concrete paving at Coquina Beach broken by storm.
Dune break, after storm, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, 1962Cape Hatteras National SeashoreDune Break North of employee residence area, Bodie Island after storm of March 7, 1962 Laura Barings shipwreck in Background. Dune break north of employee residence area Bodie Islanda fter storm of 1962.