Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami. See also: Mariel boatlift, Freedom Tower Year Democratic Republican Various international treaties attempt to reduce pollution caused by environmental threats such as oil spills marine debris and the incineration of toxic wastes at sea, Hurricane Charley in 2004 moving ashore on South Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast. . . . This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message).
. The county's median household income was $35,966 and the median family income was $40,260 Males had a median income of $30,120 versus $24,686 for females the county's per capita income was $18,497 About 14.5% of families and 18.0% of the population were below the poverty line including 22.9% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over. SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway): Golden Glades Interchange to U.S Route 1/Pinecrest FIUSM is the umbrella organization for the Beacon the student-run newspaper; FIUSM.com the student-run news and media website; and WRGP Radiate FM the student-run radio station Each organization's directors are selected by the Student Media board on a yearly basis. Barry University (private) Following the demise of the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans in southern Florida were referred to as "Spanish Indians" in the 1740s probably due to their friendlier relations with Spain the Creek invaded the Florida peninsula; they conquered and assimilated what was left of pre-Columbian societies into the Creek Confederacy They were joined by remnant Indian groups and formed the Seminole a new tribe by ethnogenesis the Seminole originally settled in the northern portion of the territory in addition free blacks and fugitive slaves made their way to Florida where Spain had promised slaves freedom and arms if they converted to Catholicism and pledged loyalty to Spain These African Americans gradually created communities near those of the Seminole and became known as the Black Seminoles the groups acted as allies, Park West is the neighborhood just west of Museum Park east of NW 1st Ave south of I-195 and north of NE 6th St Park West was primarily known for its nightclubs and in recent years has been the talk of much revitalization and project proposals for the revitalization of the area By the end of 2015 most of the nightclubs along the former club row west of the MetroMover from the Freedom Tower station to the Eleventh Street Station have been demolished to make way for planned construction of Miami World Center Park West is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station and by three Metromover stations on the Omni Loop, Tri-Rail fare zone boundary.
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