Episode 17 - Frontier Towns
Through steady and uninterrupted growth, Biscayne Bay finally reaches critical mass, as Miami's oldest neighborhoods - one for leisure, and one for work - appear along the waterfront.
Envelope and diagram from Addie Hewitt’s 1882 letter, written at Ft. Dallas on the banks of the Miami.
Source: Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers, University of Miami Special Collections
The two lone coconut trees in Coconut Grove when the “Cocoanut Grove” Post Office reopened in 1884.
Source: Parks, Arva Moore, Miami, The Magic City, Miami, Florida, Community Media, 2008
Peacock Inn ca. 1890.
Source: University of Florida Special & Area Studies Collection, Peacock Hotel in Coconut Grove
Peacock Inn ca. 1890.
Source: University of Florida Special & Area Studies Collection, Peacock Hotel in Coconut Grove
1890 plat of Lemon City and a proposed addition.
Source: Peters, Thelma, Lemon City: Pioneering on Biscayne Bay 1850-1925, Miami, Florida, Banyan Books, 1976
Bayfront home of Lemon City developer Eugene Harrington, built in 1890.
Source: Peters, Thelma, Lemon City: Pioneering on Biscayne Bay 1850-1925, Miami, Florida, Banyan Books, 1976
Residents of the Bahamian community Kebo, who worked at the Peacock Inn, gathered at Ralph Munroe’s boathouse, ca. 1890.
Source: Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers, University of Miami Special Collections