Item Details
CreatorCarson, James Milton; Farris, Ion L; Reclaiming the Everglades
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Descriptive Information(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) South Florida attorney James Milton Carson actively promoted drainage and reclamation of the Florida Everglades during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1915, Carson convinced Judge Ion Farris to make drainage the central issue in his gubernatorial campaign platform. Although Farris lost the election, the drainage issue returned to the forefront of state politics.
TopicsDrainage ( lcsh )
Reclamation of land ( lcsh )
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unknownBroward -- 12011 ( ceeus )
Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte -- 1857-1910 ( lcsh )
Back to Broward League ( lcsh )
Reclamation of land ( lcsh )
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unknownBroward -- 12011 ( ceeus )
Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte -- 1857-1910 ( lcsh )
Back to Broward League ( lcsh )
Physical Descriptions
Medium40 items (63 l.) : ;
Contributing Institutions
Held By FIU
Hosted By Florida International University
Identifiers
Link to Complete Objecthttp://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/JC00010001/00001
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/E0C8EAB506E4CA80847889725723B3B9
Batch ID20200403194624
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