Humans arrived in the Florida peninsula approximately 15,000 years ago Paleo-Indians came to Florida probably following large game that included giant sloths saber-toothed cats and spectacled bears They found an arid landscape that supported plants and animals adapted for desert conditions However 6,500 years ago climate changes brought a wetter landscape; large animals became extinct in Florida and the Paleo-Indians slowly adapted and became the Archaic peoples They conformed to the environmental changes and created many tools with the various resources available During the Late Archaic period the climate became wetter again and approximately 3000 BCE the rise of water tables allowed an increase in population and cultural activity Florida Indians developed into three distinct but similar cultures that were named for the bodies of water near where they were located: Okeechobee Caloosahatchee and Glades, Politically speaking the region is heavily Democratic Broward County is the second most reliably Democratic county in the state behind only Gadsden County Palm Beach County like Broward is largely Democratic as well especially amongst its Jewish community while the rest of Florida tends to follow Southern politics and vote more Republican with the exception of certain parts of Florida where Southern culture is not as influential With a majority Hispanic population in Miami-Dade Republican votes are mainly by older generations of Cuban Americans most of whom had fled to the United States to escape the Communist reign of Fidel Castro but Miami-Dade County still remains very Democratic when compared with most of Florida's other counties in the 2016 presidential election 62.3% of voters in the Miami metropolitan area voted Democratic This was the 6th highest of any metro area in the United States. . Florida Supreme Court Building Demographics Miami FC became the first professional soccer team based in the city to win a national soccer title after winning the 2018 NPSL Championship. Early history Occupational Therapy 75 2.4.1 Later immigration Economy. . 1.3 Slavery war and disenfranchisement Rum-runners used the Everglades as a hiding spot during Prohibition; it was so vast there were never enough law enforcement officers to patrol it the arrival of the railroad and the discovery that adding trace elements like copper was the remedy for crops sprouting and dying quickly soon created a population boom New towns such as Moore Haven Clewiston and Belle Glade sprouted like the crops Sugarcane became the primary crop grown in South Florida Miami experienced a second real estate boom that earned a developer in Coral Gables $150 million Undeveloped land north of Miami sold for $30,600 an acre in 1925 Miami newspapers published editions weighing over 7 pounds (3.2 kg) most of it in real estate advertising Waterfront property was the most highly valued Mangrove trees were cut down and replaced with palm trees to improve the view Acres of South Florida slash pine were cleared Some of the pine was for lumber but most of the pine forests in Dade County were cleared for development, 1986 45.4% 1,538,620 54.6% 1,847,525 Miami Florida Business directory.
8 External links Cypress A satellite image of Miami International Airport superimposed over the noted locations of old Miami City Airport / Pan American Field / 36th Street Airport of the 1920s to 1950s era in the upper right corner facing 36th Street, A Miami-Dade police car, (27.3) 84.9 6 Further reading United States 1,456,000,000 1,292,436,125.64 8.76 13.29 (19.4) Human origin. Miami Florida Business directory, Cities 1870 85 2.4% Biscayne Boulevard Downtown's main north-south thoroughfare Gusman Center for the Performing Arts; U.S Census Bureau 2010 Ethnic/Race Demographics:, Fire is an important element in the natural maintenance of the Everglades the majority of fires are caused by lightning strikes from thunderstorms during the wet season Their effects are largely superficial and serve to foster specific plant growth: sawgrass will burn above water but the roots are preserved underneath Fire in the sawgrass marshes serves to keep out larger bushes and trees and releases nutrients from decaying plant matter more efficiently than decomposition Whereas in the wet season dead plant matter and the tips of grasses and trees are burned in the dry season the fire may be fed by organic peat and burn deeply destroying root systems Fires are confined by existing water and rainfall it takes approximately 225 years for one foot (.30 m) of peat to develop but in some locations the peat is less dense than it should be for the 5,000 years of the Everglades' existence Scientists indicate fire as the cause; it is also cited as the reason for the black color of Everglades muck Layers of charcoal have been detected in the peat in portions of the Everglades that indicate the region endured severe fires for years at a time although this trend seems to have abated since the last occurrence in 940 BCE, In accordance with measures set forth by the state any school that had been graded as a D or F on the FCAT the previous academic year were put on an academic probation by the school board giving the administration three years to bring the school's grade up to a C or higher before taking drastic measures such as firing all teachers and administrators or removing funding for extracurricular activities.[citation needed]; 2 Campuses Another major economic engine in Florida is the United States military There are 24 military bases in the state housing three Unified Combatant Commands; United States Central Command in Tampa United States Southern Command in Doral and United States Special Operations Command in Tampa Some 109,390 U.S military personnel stationed in Florida contributing directly and indirectly $52 billion a year to the state's economy, A pond in the Big Cypress, ARWU 118-139 College of Arts Sciences and Education. Hispanic Business (since 1998) and Hispanic Trends (since 2003) have placed the College of Business among the top 25 business schools for Hispanics in 2008 it was ranked #8. Boca Raton History However this boom began to falter due to building construction delays and overload on the transport system caused by an excess of bulky building materials on January 10 1926 the Prinz Valdemar an old Danish warship on its way to becoming a floating hotel ran aground and blocked Miami Harbor for nearly a month Already overloaded the three major railway companies soon declared an embargo on all incoming goods except food the cost of living had skyrocketed and finding an affordable place to live was nearly impossible This economic bubble was already collapsing when the catastrophic Great Miami Hurricane in 1926 swept through ending whatever was left of the boom the Category 4 storm was the 12th most costly and 12th most deadly to strike the United States during the 20th century According to the Red Cross there were 373 fatalities but other estimates vary due to the large number of people listed as "missing" Between 25,000 and 50,000 people were left homeless in the Miami area the Great Depression followed causing more than sixteen thousand people in Miami to become unemployed As a result a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was opened in the area.
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