By Jeff Blakley I wrote my article about Baile’s Road, which I had always been curious about, because it did not follow the rectangular grid of Dade County’s streets and avenues. There is another road in South Dade which does … Continue reading →
By Jeff Blakley On March 25, 1904, the Miami Metropolis reprinted an essay that was written by an unidentified person for the Fernandina Star, a newspaper published in Fernandina, Nassau County, Florida. Entitled Perrine Land Grant, An Interesting Writeup of … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley In this article, I am going to provide details of George W. Moody’s life that are not generally known. George was an early settler in South Dade County who claimed the southwest quarter of section 21, township … Continue reading →
by Jeff Blakley Published histories of South Dade always mention the arrival of Flagler’s F.E.C. Railway in Miami in 1896 and the construction of the Key West Extension, which started in the spring of 1905. However, I’m not aware of … Continue reading →