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Julia Tuttle died on September 1898. "Physicians have second hand analyzed it as either an aneurysm or brain tumor shocking to most people in the city," George said. Just over a year later, on...

It was written by Elena Sheppard. In the 1890s, the area where Biscayne Bay and the Miami River meet — today considered the heart of Downtown Miami — was desolate, swampy and isolated. But one of its few residents, Julia Tuttle, saw great potential for the land. “It may seem strange to you, but it is the dream of my life to see this ...

Julia Tuttle. Julia Tuttle (January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who is known as the “Mother of Miami.”. Due to her urging, such wealthy individuals as Henry ...

American businesswomanFor the Julia Tuttle Causeway, see Interstate 195 (Florida). Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami." She is the only woman to have founded ...

Julia Tuttle and Henry Flagler made Florida what it is today. Florida has seen the Seminole Wars, the land boom, the depression and unparelled growth. Mayaimi Maiden Julia Tuttle Arrives at Fort Dallas, Florida Julia was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1849 to Ephraim Sturtevant and his wife.

Widely recognized as the only female founder of a major U.S. city, Julia Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1848. Tuttle first saw southern Florida when she visited her father, who moved there as a homesteader, in 1875.

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Julia Deforest Tuttle, the “Mother of Miami,” is acclaimed as being the only female mastermind of a preeminent location such as Miami. “She believed that the area would become a great city,” as stated by the National Women’s History Museum. Tuttle persuaded Henry Flager, Standard Oil co-founder, to stretch his railroad from Central ...