Q.What factor gives Florida the generous amount of rain it receives?

The peninsula of Florida is one of the few well watered areas on the earth’s surface between latitudes 24 degrees and 31 degrees north. This is in comparison to some other well known cities and countries on this latitude such as Cairo in Egypt and Shanghai in China.

3. Whose photographs are a valuable source of information on Pioneer life in Miami?

A. Ralph Munroe

At the turn of the 1880’s one man made the transition from winter resident to a full fledged Miami enthusiast by taking up residence in what was then Cocoanut Grove. At the same time the world of photography underwent changes that allowed for amateur photographers to document individual experiences. The earliest photos taken in Dade County, Florida by this individual were in 1883 and shed light on the people and places of Cocoanut Grove.

2. The Bahia Honda and Pigeon Key Bridges are part of what?

  A. The Overseas Highway

One of the largest endeavors of Flagler’s Railroads was to link the Keys to mainland Florida. With the automobile’s popularity growing in the early 1920’s, both Monroe and Dade County decided Key Largo should be connected to the mainland by a road for cars as well. This would allow winter visitors to enjoy the fishing and beauty the Keys had to offer. 

Q. Name the Florida governor who gave energetic leadership to a program for draining the Everglades.

Answer:  Napoleon Bonaparte Broward

At the turn of the century the Everglades was viewed as a useless swamp about to give way to economic prosperity. The vision included draining the water from the “River of Grass” and creating dry land that could be farmed. One man believed in the project so much that he made it his primary issue when he ran for Governor of Florida in the early 1900’s.

Q. In the 1920s Hugh M. Anderson and Roy C. Wright conceived the idea of a 100 foot wide boulevard destined to reach from where the old Royal Palm Hotel sat beside the Miami River up to Hollywood. Today we know it as ____________?

A.  Biscayne Boulevard

During the 1910’s and early 1920’s there was no large road connecting downtown Miami and Miami Shores. In March of 1927 a carefully planned main road was opened to car traffic. In the process roughly eighty five buildings were torn down, twelve houses were moved and many other houses lost their porches.