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- History_of_Miami abstract "Thousands of years before Europeans arrived, a large portion of southeast Florida, including the area where Miami, Florida exists today, was inhabited by Tequestas. In 1566, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and his men first visited and claimed the area for Spain. A Spanish mission was established one year later. Fort Dallas was built in 1836 and functioned as a military base during the Second Seminole War.The Miami area was better known as “Biscayne Bay Country” in the early years of its growth. The few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise. The area was also characterized as “one of the finest building sites in Florida”. After the Great Freeze of 1894, the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived. Julia Tuttle, a local landowner, convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami. On July 28, 1896, Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300.Miami prospered during the 1920s, but weakened when the real-estate bubble burst in 1925, which was shortly followed by the 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression in the 1930s. When World War II began, Miami played an important role in the battle against German submarines due to its location on the southern coast of Florida. The war helped to increase Miami's population to almost half a million. After Fidel Castro rose to power in 1959, many Cubans emigrated to Miami, further increasing the population. In the 1980s and 1990s, various crises struck South Florida, among them the Arthur McDuffie beating and the subsequent riot, drug wars, Hurricane Andrew, and the Elián González affair. Despite these, Miami remains a major international, financial, and cultural center.".
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- History_of_Miami comment "Thousands of years before Europeans arrived, a large portion of southeast Florida, including the area where Miami, Florida exists today, was inhabited by Tequestas. In 1566, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and his men first visited and claimed the area for Spain. A Spanish mission was established one year later. Fort Dallas was built in 1836 and functioned as a military base during the Second Seminole War.The Miami area was better known as “Biscayne Bay Country” in the early years of its growth.".
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