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.
1914
Records relating to Cape Sable
(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.
1918
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