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. A national push for expansion and progress in the United States occurred in the later part of the 19th century which stimulated interest in draining the Everglades for agricultural use According to historians "From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century the United States went through a period in which wetland removal was not questioned Indeed it was considered the proper thing to do." Draining the Everglades was suggested as early as 1837 and a resolution in Congress was passed in 1842 that prompted Secretary of Treasury Robert J Walker to request those with experience in the Everglades to give their opinion on the possibility of drainage Many officers who had served in the Seminole Wars favored the idea in 1850 Congress passed a law that gave several states wetlands within their state boundaries the Swamp and Overflowed Lands Act ensured that the state would be responsible for funding the attempts at developing wetlands into farmlands Florida quickly formed a committee to consolidate grants to pay for any attempts though the Civil War and Reconstruction halted progress until after 1877, Health In 1830 Richard Fitzpatrick bought land on the Miami River from Bahamian James Egan He built a plantation with slave labor where he cultivated sugarcane bananas maize and tropical fruit in January 1836 shortly after the beginning of the Second Seminole War Fitzpatrick removed his slaves and closed his plantation; After the Second Seminole War ended in 1842 Fitzpatrick's nephew William English re-established the plantation in Miami He charted the "Village of Miami" on the south bank of the Miami River and sold several plots of land When English died in California in 1852 his plantation died with him! .

Central Baptist Church (Built in 1925) Contents The Law Library opened in 2002 and has three floors with all three holding the library's general collection the third floor has a two-story quiet reading room as well as numerous study lounges Although the Law Library is restricted to Law students other students may use the library for research purposes. What is now Virginia Key was the southern end of a barrier island that extended from the New River inlet in Fort Lauderdale to just north of Key Biscayne Early accounts by Spanish explorers indicated the existence of one or more inlets somewhere on the long spit of land enclosing the northern end of Biscayne Bay but such inlets open and close over time At the beginning of the 19th century there was no inlet through the barrier island between the New River Inlet and Bear Cut at the northern end of Key Biscayne Hurricanes in 1835 and 1838 opened a new inlet Narrows Cut (now known as Norris Cut) separating Virginia Key from what is now Fisher Island at the south end of Miami Beach. This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message); Photograph of large group of people on the Virginia Key Beach 1945, 3.3 Ancestry Family Florida's many state parks and protected areas receive a lot of visitors as well with 25.2 million visitors visiting Florida State Parks in 2013. . Museums The Department Theatre presents a season of four professionally designed produced and directed productions each year that serve as a laboratory for students to put their learning into practice This Main Stage season is presented at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center in addition to Main Stage productions students write direct and perform productions in the Student Theatre Lab Studio the annual New Plays Festival and the summer Alternative Theatre Festival the summer Alternative Theatre Festival includes a development project of a new work by an established playwright a faculty directed piece one student directed piece and may include Alumni showcase and reunion productions.