by RobertBurr | Jun 6, 2022 | history
William Anderson’s General Merchandise Store in Redland was the original general store in the pioneer era of Miami’s countryside. Anderson’s Corner in 1914. The little truck is from Linke and Fuchs of Homestead — Baker and Meat Market. Fuchs... 
by RobertBurr | Apr 15, 2022 | history
The first donation of land for a Dade County park came from the Matheson family in 1929 — 80 acres on Biscayne Bay for Matheson Hammock Park. Over the past nine decades, it grew with further donations by the Matheson heirs, purchases by county commissioner... 
by RobertBurr | Jan 20, 2019 | history
John W. G. Seybold was one of the fourteen original founding members of the Miami Pioneers historical society back in 1936. He was born in September, 1872 in Stuttgart, Germany. He died in Miami Dade County in 1940. John Seybold immigrated to the US in 1889. Prior to... 
by RobertBurr | Nov 12, 2018 | history
by Miami Pioneer Historian Darlene Crum additional information provided by Seth Bramson John Edgar Lummus was one of the original 14 charter members of the Miami Pioneers historical society. J. E. Lummus was born in 1867 in Marion County, Florida. A civil engineer, he... 
by RobertBurr | Nov 5, 2018 | history
(July 20, 1867 to December 1, 1938) Third Mayor of Miami John Sewell was one of the 14 original charter members of the Miami Pioneers Historical Society. Sewell was born in 1867 in Elbert County, Georgia, and moved with his parents to Florida when he was 19 years old.... 
by RobertBurr | Aug 22, 2018 | history
Miami’s first photo studio was operated by Miami Pioneer Fred Hand, who arrived in the city on July 4th, 1898. He was born in Bonn, Germany and came to the United States when he was 15. Hand’s Photographic Studio was first located on Avenue C before moving to 36 East... 
by RobertBurr | Apr 11, 2018 | history
The History of the Miami PioneersHow did the Miami Pioneers come to be?By the 1930s, Miami steadily emerged from its status as a pioneer settlement at the start of the twentieth century — some likened it to a tropical jungle on the edge of the bay — to a... 
by RobertBurr | Dec 26, 2017 | history
— Robert Burr From the 1910 Florida Automobile Registration Records, evidence of my great grandfather’s 30 horsepower 1908 Maxwell Roadster (serial number 7338). According to family lore, EDV Burr owned the first automobile in Dade County. In searching these... 
by RobertBurr | Oct 15, 2017 | history
It’s certainly a unique experience to travel to islands by car. The Florida Keys Overseas Highway is a marvel of engineering that transformed these erstwhile remote isles into world renowned destinations for adventure travelers. Of course it started with Henry... 
by RobertBurr | Aug 23, 2017 | history
One of more unusual pioneer groups to settle in South Florida is memorialized at the Koreshan State Historic Site, near Corkscrew Swamp. Cyrus Reed Teed was an eclectic physician whose experiments in alchemy often involved dangerously high levels of electricity. In...
