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Miami : Top 10 Historical Movers and Shapers

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1. William Brickell

One of the first men to take advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862.
2. Henry M. Flagler

The legal mastermind (1830–1913) who opened up Florida through railroads and luxury construction.
3. Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward

Elected in 1905, he enacted Florida’s first conservation laws and also a program for draining the Everglades.
4. Carl Fisher

An energetic developer in the early 1900s, Fisher was the first visionary owner of Miami Beach.
5. George Merrick

The imaginative mind behind the development of Coral Gables (see Merrick’s Coral Gables Fantasies).
6. The Deering Brothers

James and Charles built homes that are now major attractions (see Charles Deering Estate).
7. Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The first of Florida’s environmentalists, who single-handedly saved the Everglades. She died in 1998, at the age of 108.
8. Barbara Capitman

The driving force behind the movement to save the Art Deco hotels (see The Story of Tropical Deco).
9. Julia Tuttle

The dynamic pioneer who convinced Henry Flagler to extend his railroad down to Miami, in 1896.
10. Chief Jim Billie

Controversial Seminole chief who brought wealth to his tribe in the 1980s, by building casinos on reservations.