Timeline of Miami

Summary

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

19th century edit

20th century edit

1900s-1940s edit

  • 1902 – Carpenters Local 993 labor union established.[7]
  • 1903
  • 1906
    • Streetcars begin operating.[1]
    • Automobile parade.[3]
  • 1909
  • 1910 – Population: 5,471; county 11,933.
  • 1912 – Airport established near Miami.[1]
  • 1913
  • 1914 – Construction of Vizcaya begins.
  • 1915
    • Miami Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
    • Town of Miami Beach incorporated near Miami.
  • 1916 – David Fairchild establishes The Kampong, his winter home in Coconut Grove.
  • 1917 – Elser Pier opens.[9]
  • 1918 – Airdrome Theatre and Strand Theatre open.[10]
  • 1919
    • Coconut Grove is incorporated.[3]
    • Great Miami Employers' Association established.[11]
    • Seybold Canal Bridge built (approximate date).[12]
  • 1920
 
Seybold Building in Miami, Florida build in 1921 first phase

1950s-1970s edit

1980s-1990s edit

2000s edit

21st century edit

2000s edit

2010s edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Federal Writers’ Project 1941, p. 180.
  2. ^ Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (2001), Overview of Municipal Incorporations in Florida (PDF), LCIR Report, Tallahassee, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-28{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Blackman 1921.
  4. ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  5. ^ "Florida", Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to the Southeastern States, Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899
  6. ^ Chapman, Arthur E. (1991). "Phones started ringing in Miami in 1899" (PDF). South Florida History Magazine. Vol. 18, no. 4. pp. 27–28 – via HistoryMiami.
  7. ^ Castillo 2004.
  8. ^ a b c Robin F. Bachin (ed.). "Miami Timeline: WWI-1930s". Travel, Tourism, & Urban Growth in Greater Miami. University of Miami. (published circa 2006?)
  9. ^ Bush 1999.
  10. ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Miami, FL". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  11. ^ Miami Daily Metropolis, March 15, 1921
  12. ^ a b c Historic Highway Bridges of Florida (PDF), Florida Department of Transportation, 2012
  13. ^ Shell-Weiss 2005.
  14. ^ a b Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Florida", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  15. ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
  17. ^ a b Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  18. ^ Mohl 2001.
  19. ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
  20. ^ a b c Robin F. Bachin (ed.). "Miami Timeline: WWII-1950s". Travel, Tourism, & Urban Growth in Greater Miami. University of Miami. (published circa 2006?)
  21. ^ Charles W. Rice (2010). "Submarine Chaser Training Center: Downtown Miami's International Graduate School Of Anti-Submarine Warfare During World War II" (PDF). Tequesta. 64. Historical Association of Southern Florida. ISSN 0363-3705.  
  22. ^ "About Us". Miami: Urban League of Greater Miami. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  23. ^ a b Rose 2007.
  24. ^ Mohl 1999.
  25. ^ a b c Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations Florida", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  26. ^ Nicolás Kanellos; Helvetia Martell (2000), "Chronological Index", Hispanic Periodicals in the United States, Origins to 1960, Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, pp. 309–335, ISBN 1558852530
  27. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  28. ^ Badillo 2002.
  29. ^ University of Miami, Special Collections Finding Aids & Inventories, retrieved September 17, 2016
  30. ^ a b c García 1996.
  31. ^ Luisa Yanez (December 16, 2008). "Miami Herald database tracks those who came on Freedom Flights". Miami Herald.
  32. ^ a b Robin F. Bachin (ed.). "Miami Timeline: 1960s-1990s". Travel, Tourism, & Urban Growth in Greater Miami. University of Miami. (published circa 2006?)
  33. ^ NBC Evening News (August 8, 1968). "Racial Unrest / Miami" – via Vanderbilt University Television News Archive, "Protests".
  34. ^ Miami report: the report of the Miami Study Team on civil disturbances in Miami, Florida during the week of August 5, 1968, Washington, D.C., 1969, Submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  35. ^ Croucher 1997.
  36. ^ Permuy, Antonio; Cosio, Leo (27 December 2022). "Revisiting 1972: the year that made modern Miami". www.sfmn.fiu.edu. South Florida Media Network. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  37. ^ Florida Division of Recreation and Parks. "Region: Southeast". Florida State Parks. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  38. ^ "History". Miami: Spanish American League Against Discrimination. Retrieved October 16, 2013. Españoles de la Liga Americana Contra la Discriminación
  39. ^ "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  40. ^ Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 168, ISBN 9781849802437
  41. ^ "About". Miami: The Black Archives. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
  42. ^ "Garden Search: United States". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  43. ^ Grenier & Castro 1999.
  44. ^ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1991 – via Internet Archive.
  45. ^ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1993. hdl:2027/uc1.l0072691827 – via HathiTrust.
  46. ^ "City of Miami, Florida Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 1996-12-20 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  47. ^ M.F. Mikula; et al., eds. (1999), Great American Court Cases, Gale
  48. ^ "Miami Charter School Hailed by Jeb Bush Ended in Ruin", New York Times, March 7, 2015
  49. ^ "This Day in Weather History". Aberdeen, South Dakota: National Weather Service. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  50. ^ "$10 Buys One Vote", Miami Herald, January 11, 1998 – via Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University
  51. ^ a b "Fraud Ruling Invalidates Miami Mayoral Election", New York Times, March 5, 1998
  52. ^ "Court Reinstates Carollo As Miami's Mayor", CNN, March 11, 1998
  53. ^ "Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami". Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  54. ^ Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse, Miami, Florida, Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Services Administration, 2007
  55. ^ Florida Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research; U.S. Census Bureau (2011), "City of Miami", 2010 Census Detailed City Profiles
  56. ^ "Largest Urbanized Areas With Selected Cities and Metro Areas (2010)". U.S. Census Bureau. 2012.
  57. ^ "Miami Roller Derby".
  58. ^ "Florida". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 2011. hdl:2027/msu.31293032287470 – via HathiTrust.
  59. ^ "First 'sanctuary city' caves to Trump demands", USA Today, January 26, 2017
  60. ^ "Sanctuary cities debate has jurisdictions weighing whether to defend the policy", Washington Post, April 18, 2017

Bibliography edit

Published in the 20th century edit

1900s-1940s edit

  • Miami City Directory (Miami, Florida, 1904)
  • "Miami". Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory 1907-1908. R. L. Polk & Co.
    • 1918 ed.
  • "Miami of Today", Florida East Coast Homeseeker, vol. 10, March 1908
  • Miami City Directory. R.L. Polk & Co. 1919.
    • 1920 ed.
  • "Points of Interest in Miami, Fla.". Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 6. 1919. map
  • E. V. Blackman (1921), Miami and Dade County, Florida, Washington, D.C.: V. Rainbolt, OCLC 1580474
  • Daniel Decatur Moore; et al., eds. (1922). "Miamia". Men of the South. New Orleans: Southern Biographical Association.
  • Kenneth L. Roberts (April 29, 1922), "Tropical Growth", Saturday Evening Post, p. 8+
  • Isador Cohen, Historical Sketches and Sidelights of Miami (Miami, 1925)
  • Munroe, Ralph Middleton and Gilpin, Vincent. The Commodore's Story. New York: Ives Washburn, 1930. OCLC 001615563.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • T. H. Weigall, Boom in Paradise (New York, 1932)
  • John Sewell (1933). Memoirs and History of Miami. Miami.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Federal Writers’ Project (1939). Florida: a Guide to the Southernmost State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 207+.
  • Federal Writers’ Project (1941). "Chronology". Planning Your Vacation in Florida Miami and Dade County. American Guide Series. Northport, New York: Bacon, Percy & Daggett.
  • "Tequesta", Tequesta: The Journal of the Historical Association of Southern Florida, Historical Association of Southern Florida, ISSN 0363-3705 – via Florida International University   1941-

1950s-1970s edit

  • Helen Muir, Miami, U. S. A. (New York, 1953)
  • Ruby Leach Carson, "Miami: 1896 to 1900", Tequesta, XVI (1956)
  • James E. Buchanan (1978), Howard B. Furer (ed.), Miami: a chronological & documentary history, 1513-1977, American Cities Chronology Series, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, ISBN 0379006162
  • Paul S. George, "Colored Town: Miami's Black Community, 1896–1930", Florida Historical Quarterly (April 1978)

1980s-1990s edit

  • Paul George, "Passage to a New Eden", Florida Historical Quarterly, 59 (1981)
  • Thelma Peters (1985), Miami, 1909, With Excerpts from Fannie Clemons' Diary, Miami{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • T. D. Allman (1987). Miami: City of the Future. New York: Atlantic Monthly. ISBN 0871131021.
  • Joan Didion (1987). Miami. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-88619-175-7.
  • Raymond A. Mohl (Spring 1987). "Trouble in Paradise: Race and Housing in Miami during the New Deal Era". Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives. 19. hdl:2027/mdp.39015028748500.
  • David Rieff (1987), Going to Miami: exiles, tourists, and refugees in the new America, London: Bloomsbury, ISBN 0747500649
  • Arva Moore Parks. Miami: The magic city. Miami: Centennial Press, 1991.
  • Guillermo J. Grenier; Alex Stepick III, eds. (1992). Miami Now! Immigration, Ethnicity, and Social Change. University Press of Florida. ISBN 081301154X.
  • Alejandro Portes; Alex Stepick (1993). City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami. University of California Press. ISBN 0520082176.
  • Ramón Grosfoguel (1994). "World Cities in the Caribbean: The Rise of Miami and San Juan". Review. 17 (3). Fernand Braudel Center, State University of New York: 351–381. JSTOR 40241296. (Abstract)
  • George Thomas Kurian (1994), "Miami, Florida", World Encyclopedia of Cities, Vol. 1: North America, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO – via Internet Archive (fulltext)
  • María Cristina García (1996). Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-91999-0.
  • Paul S. George (Summer 1996). "Miami: One Hundred Years of History". South Florida History. 24 (2).
  • Sheila L. Croucher (1997), Imagining Miami: ethnic politics in a postmodern world, Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, ISBN 0813917042
  • Marvin Dunn, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century (Gainesville, Florida, 1997)
  • Jan Nijman (1997). "Globalization to a Latin Beat: The Miami Growth Machine". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 551: 164–177. doi:10.1177/0002716297551001012. JSTOR 1047945. S2CID 154895047.
  • Remy Tremblay (1997), "Bibliography of the Social and Cultural Geography of Miami, Florida", Florida Geographer, 28, ISSN 0739-0041 – via Florida Atlantic University  
  • Gregory W. Bush (1999). ""Playground of the USA": Miami and the Promotion of Spectacle". Pacific Historical Review. 68 (2): 153–172. doi:10.2307/3641982. JSTOR 3641982.
  • Christian Girault (1999). "Miami y las nuevas relaciones interamericanas" [Miami and the New Inter-American Relations]. Foro Internacional (in Spanish). 39 (1). El Colegio de México: 17–64. JSTOR 27738931.
  • Guillermo J. Grenier; Max J. Castro (1999). "Triadic Politics: Ethnicity, Race, and Politics in Miami, 1959-1998". Pacific Historical Review. 68 (2): 273–292. doi:10.2307/3641988. JSTOR 3641988.
  • Raymond A. Mohl (1999). "'South of the South?' Jews, Blacks, and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960". Journal of American Ethnic History. 18 (2): 3–36. JSTOR 27502414.

Published in the 21st century edit

  • Raymond A. Mohl (2001). "Whitening Miami: Race, Housing, and Government Policy in Twentieth-Century Dade County". Florida Historical Quarterly. 79 (3): 319–345. JSTOR 30150856.
  • David A. Badillo (2002). "Catholicism and the Search for Nationhood in Miami's Cuban Community". U.S. Catholic Historian. 20 (4): 75–90. JSTOR 25154831.
  • Thomas A. Castillo (2004). "Miami's Hidden Labor History". Florida Historical Quarterly. 82 (4): 438–467. JSTOR 30149960.
  • Lisa N. Konczal (2005). "Miami Diasporas". In Melvin Ember; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Diasporas. Springer. p. 524+. ISBN 978-0-306-48321-9.
  • Melanie Shell-Weiss (2005). "Coming North to the South: Migration, Labor and City-Building in Twentieth-Century Miami". Florida Historical Quarterly. 84 (1): 79–99. JSTOR 30150917.
  • George Yúdice (2005). "Miami: Images of a Latinopolis". NACLA Report on the Americas. 39 (3).
  • David Goldfield, ed. (2007). "Miami, Florida". Encyclopedia of American Urban History. Sage. pp. 467–470. ISBN 978-1-4522-6553-7.
  • Chanelle Rose (2007). "'Jewel' of the South?: Miami, Florida and the NAACP's Struggle for Civil Rights in America's Vacation Paradise". Florida Historical Quarterly. 86 (1): 39–69. JSTOR 30150099.
  • José Quiroga (2009). "Miami Remake". In Rebecca Biron (ed.). City/Art: The Urban Scene in Latin America. Duke University Press. p. 145+. ISBN 978-0-8223-9073-2.
  • Juliet F. Gainsborough (2012), "A tale of two cities: civic culture and public policy in Miami", in Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld (ed.), Comparative Civic Culture: the Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making, Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, ISBN 9781409436546
  • American Cities Project (2013). "Miami". America's Big Cities in Volatile Times: City Profiles. Washington, D.C.: Pew Charitable Trusts.
  • Chanelle Nyree Rose (2015). Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami: Civil Rights and America's Tourist Paradise, 1896-1968. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-5767-1.

External links edit

  • Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Miami, various dates
  • "Local Collections". Miami Metropolitan Archive.
  • City and Local Maps for Miami-Dade County
  • "Miami". Viva Florida: History Happened Here. Tallahassee: Florida League of Cities.

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