EVSC 4200 Lecture 6: History of South Florida
18 Feb 2016
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By the 1970s and 1980s, problems continued to steadily increase. 1900 dominance of natural communities are in green (saw (cid:1) grass is what the everglades are famous for) Scrub area pines and other things that only get about 8 ft high due to substrate limitations. Key west had largest population (20,000 ppl) South florida runs on a semi-monsoonal wet and dry season. 1856: freshwater came down like a river form the everglades area toward key west. There were massive fish kills in key west harbor, and the water was fresh enough to drink from for 3 days. 1900/turn of 20th century: flagler railroad (flagler was in charge (cid:1) of transportation and moving oil around for rockefeller got out at age. 50 and developed a series of resorts in florida keys) This is how the citrus industry got into florida sold off the land beside the railroad to citrus developers. Developed the overseas railroad that landed in key west.
