Panther and crocodile, 1883-1895?The Florida panther was shot either by Little Tiger in 1891 near Coconut Grove, or by Mr. Richards near the Punch Bowl (freshwater spring, Miami), January 17, 1895. Ralph Munroe shot the 14 ft., 7 in. crocodile at Arch Creek, the winter of 1883-84. He sent the skin to the American Museum of Natural History (New York), where it was placed on display.; (Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Park ranger on low wall addressing groupEverglades National Park; National Park ServiceView of Park Ranger standing on stone wall behind R.P. addressing a group of visitors. Caption reads: "A ranger interpreter guides a group of visitors down Anhinga Trail at RPVC. Many species of birds are visible here, along with the alligator. This area is heavily used as it is closet to the Main park entrance and offers so much variety in the wildlife viewing areas."
Path winding through Matheson HammockEverglades National Park; National Park ServiceView from walkway through Matheson Hammock of coconut and royal palms.
Peacock Inn and environs, 1886-circa. 1890.The Peacock Inn was built in 1883, in Coconut Grove (Miami). It was the first hotel on the South Florida mainland.; (Funding) Electronic reproduction. Miami, Fla. : Reclaiming the Everglades, c2000. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. Digitized from photographs at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, Miami, Florida.
Peat ProvincesPeat Provinces of Southern Florida (81-I-7)
Photographs depicting Cape Sable, 1928-1929.From Photographs : series 50.; Beginning in the James A. Waddell of Key West planted coconut palms on 1,120 acres at Middle Cape. (A few more also grew on East Cape.) Mostly untended, the Waddell Grove dominated the landscape until the 1935 hurricane destroyed the palms. These photographs are probably of the Middle Cape.
Photographs depicting Forward to the Soil publicity event, February 5, 1927.From Photographs : series 30.; The Miami Chamber of Commerce staged a publicity event, Forward to the Soil, to promote sales of reclaimed land, and which took place on the Roselawn Tract, near Hialeah. Without tribal consent, Musa Isle headman Tony Tommie participated in the ceremony, made peace and handed over the Everglades to whites. The rest of the tribe and the U.S. government did recognize his actions.