Share List By Jeff Blakley Historians who have written about the Town of Detroit, the name of which was changed to Florida City in December of 1914, have noted that it was a planned community created by the Miami Land … Continue reading →
Share List By Jeff Blakley The subject of the Miami Land & Development Company (M. L. & D Co.) has not been covered in any detail by historians. In this article, I’m going to explain how it came to be … Continue reading →
Share List by Jeff Blakley Before the settlement of South Florida, the landscape looked entirely different. A narrow ridge of land, up to 10′ higher than the land to the east and west of it, extended from well north of … Continue reading →
Share List 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 … Continue reading →
