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Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 [1] – 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."
Dec 3, 2021 · Tuttle, being a woman, was not permitted to cast a vote, but today she is widely recognized as the only woman to have founded a major American city. Tuttle, left, with her mother and her...
May 12, 2013 · Julia DeForest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," is widely recognized as the only female founder of a major American city. The visionary widow from Ohio bought hundreds of acres at what is now Downtown Miami, moved down on a barge, and eventually convinced railroad man Henry Flagler to extend his new railway to the Miami River by sending him an ...
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Mar 7, 2023 · Widely recognized as the only female founder of a major American city, this trailblazing woman from Ohio had a dream to see her land north of the Miami River (now Downtown Miami) flourish into a prosperous city.
Sep 9, 2024 · Julia D Tuttle” Bramson, 79, figures Alva Wood owned land in Miami. At the time, Tuttle had been purchasing hundreds of acres, gobbling up chunks that she planned to parcel off. Some call Tuttle the Mother of Miami, although Bramson believes more accurately that she simply had the goal of surviving.
Mar 4, 2022 · To this day, Miami is the only major U.S. city founded by a woman! Julia Tuttle has a statue erected in her honor at Bayfront Park, located at 301 N. Biscayne Blvd.
Known as ‘the Mother of Miami,’ Julia Tuttle died there at age 50, two years after the railroad arrived. ‘It is the dream of my life,’ she had written, ‘to see this wilderness turned into a prosperous country.’.
