Ocean Drive / Miami Beach
• MIAMI BEACH CENTURY
• 1920s — PROHIBITION IN FLORIDA
• 1890 HENRY MORRISON FLAGLER
• FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD
• 1900s — JULIA TUTTLE’S ORANGE BRANCH OFFER
• 1903 MIAMI: FLORIDA’S FIRST BIG CITY
• 1910s — Tropical [Barrier] Island: Palms, Coconuts, Pineapples, Bananas, Cafe Con Leche, Duval T-Shirts & Scooters
• TORTUGAS
• FLORIDA STRAITS / FLORIDA BAY
* CORAL REEF
• KEY WEST:
— Last Stop before riding the Gulfstream north to St. Augustine, into the Atlantic, back home to Spain (Portugal)
• 1492: Christopher Columbus Discovers A NEW WORLD, one that isn’t flat
— THE BAHAMAS, BUBBLING SPRINGS, AND THE INSPIRATION TO RETURN
• 1513: PONCE DE LEON AND HIS SEARCH FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
• SPANISH LUST FOR GOLD / EMERALDS / CONQUISTADORS
• STORMY WEATHER / HURRICANES
• ZORA NEALE HURSTON: “My Eyes Were Watching God”
• MEL FISHER: LUST FOR GOLD / TREASURE HUNTER
• STRING OF PEARLS / STEPPING STONES
MEL FISHER, 10-yr-old Chevy Impala, with silver bars in the trunk. Cape Canaveral, concrete block, beach hotel.
Raising money to continue his search for the treasure
• 1978 — VOYAGER
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• LARGO
• Key Lime, Key Deer, Conch, Daquri
• Carl Fisher “Mr. Miami Beach”
