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Correspondence relating proposed drainage and drainage district in East Everglades, south of Florida City,
Letters, newspaper clippings, and list. Mentions road to be constructed from Florida City to Key Largo. Correspondents include James E. Ingraham, A. R. Livingston, and Frank J. Pepper.
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1923 -
Correspondence relating to Arch Creek, Biscayne and Dade drainage districts,
Letters, newspaper clippings, minutes and documents relating to canal s (Miami, Snapper Creek and Tamiami), drainage, and district meetings and management. Mentions Arch Creek, Biscayne Park, and other locations. Correspondents include George ...
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1921 -
What has Broward done?
Open letter discussing Everglades drainage and other issues relating to Napoleon B. Broward.
Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1911 -
What are they doing to the Everglades?
Unpublished manuscript. Discusses history of the Everglades and how man almost ruined it, particularly Napoleon Bonaparte Browards's efforts. Describes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to restore the water flow.
Contributor: Douglas, Marjory Stoneman Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material -
Correspondence relating to Everglades drainage districts,
Letters regarding taxation and maintenance of the Cypress Creek Canal, Snapper Creek Canal, and the Everglades Drainage District. Correspondents include Joe P. Conrad, Milo O. Coffin, J. W. Hoffman, and Frank J. ...
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1931 -
Miscellaneous correspondence,
South Florida attorney James Milton Carson actively promoted drainage and reclamation of the Florida Everglades during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1915, Carson convinced Judge Ion Farris to make ...
Contributor: Carson, James Milton Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1916 -
Correspondence and map relating to the Southern Drainage District,
Letters concerning election of district supervisor, drainage, possible damage to the land due to drainage, and taxation of landowners in the district. Map show planned locations of drainage canals, and is dated ...
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1921 -
Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1929.
Correspondence relating to the creation of a national park, Tropic Everglades Park Association, opposition to drainage, and Seminole Indians. Correspondents include Robert Ransom, Stephen Cochran Singleton, Charles H. Burke (U.S. Office of ...
Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1929 -
Correspondence relating to the Southern and Broward Drainage Districts,
Plan of reclamation of the Napoleon B. Broward Drainage District, Fort Lauderdale, Florida : General plan of drainage. [S.l.] : Isham Randolph & Co., 1921. Shows land held by Boston & Florida ...
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1919 -
The Florida Seminoles and their rights in the Everglades.
Typescript. Traces history of the Seminoles in the Everglades, the Seminole Land Bill, and drainage.
Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material -
Miscellaneous correspondence,
South Florida attorney James Milton Carson actively promoted drainage and reclamation of the Florida Everglades during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1915, Carson convinced Judge Ion Farris to make ...
Contributor: Carson, James Milton Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1916 -
Moore-Willson, Minnie, Correspondence, 1915.
Letters regarding proposed creation of a Seminole reservation, the Jennings Tract, and the effects of Everglades drainage. Correspondents include May Mann Jennings (President, Florida Federation of Womens Clubs), Lucien A. Spencer, Mrs. ...
Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1915 -
Miscellaneous correspondence,
South Florida attorney James Milton Carson actively promoted drainage and reclamation of the Florida Everglades during the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1915, Carson convinced Judge Ion Farris to make ...
Contributor: Carson, James Milton Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1915 -
Correspondence relating to the Broward Drainage District,
Correspondence regarding drainage, land ownership and taxation in the district. Mentions Land Owners League of Broward Drainage District. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, Frank J. Pepper, William Jennings, Frederick S. Morse, James S. ...
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1917 -
Records relating to drainage in the East Everglades, south of Florida City and Homestead,
The F.E.C. Railway tracks were mostly located adjacent to present-day U.S. 1.
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1923 -
Why drain the Everglades : a travesty on the great seal of Florida,
Typescript essay on problems caused by Everglades drainage. Concludes that a better use would be a wild game preserve and bird refuge.
Contributor: Moore-Willson, Minnie Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1914 -
Records relating to Snapper Creek Canal and adjacent lands,
Correspondence, notes, and memos concerning taxation, land ownership and drainage. Correspondents include Sidney Harrison, Frederick Morse, and James Ingraham.
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1917 -
Draft of a petition from owners of land in the southern Everglades to the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District, ...
The petition calls upon these institutions to begin improvement projects planned for the drainage of the Everglades but never implemented.
Contributor: Jaudon, James Franklin Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1923 -
Correspondence relating to survey and drainage of township 58S, range 38E,
T58S R38E is located in East Everglades, south of Florida City.
Contributor: Model Land Company Site: American Memory-cultural Original Format: Manuscript/Mixed Material Date: 1919



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