UWilliam Brickell - uBrickell wathuthela kwindawo yaseMiami esuka eCleveland, eOhio ngo-1871. Yena kunye nosapho lwakhe bavula iposi kunye neposi.
Babenemithamo emikhulu yomhlaba eselulela ukusuka eMiami River ukuya eCoconut Grove, eminye yayo eyabangela inxaxheba kwenkampani yomzila weendlela zokubeka i-Miami kwimaphu.
UJulia Tuttle - UTuttle wayengumnikazi wesibini womhlaba eMiami, kuthengwa iihektare ezingama-640 kwiNyakatho yeBhanki yeMlambo iMigami. Kananjalo uvela eCleveland, uyise kaTuttle wayenabohlobo oluhle kunye nosapho lwaBrickell kwaze kwaba yilapho kugqitywa ubuhlobo. Kwakungenxa yokubongozwa kukaJulia Tuttle ukuba uHenry Flagler wazise umzila wakhe wezantsi eMiami.
UHenry Flagler - I-Flagler yayingumkhulu kwi-oyile shishini eyakha umbuso omkhulu kunye noJohn D. Rockefeller. Ingqwalasela yakhe yajika kwandiso, waqala ukuphuhlisa ulwandle olusempuma laseFlorida. Waqala eSt Augustine ukuthengwa komhlaba kunye neehotele. Ukuqala inkqubo yoololiwe, wandisa imilayezo yaseningizimu kancane kancane ngonyaka. Xa uJulia Tuttle ecebisa ukuba ucinga ukuzisa konke ukuya eMiami, wayengenomdla.
Kwakungekho ncinane into ebalulekileyo kule ndawo. Ngomnyaka we-1894, iFree Florida yaqhwala, yabhubhisa isiseko sezolimo zaseFlorida. UTuttle wabhalela i-Flagler ukuthi uMiami akafunyanwanga, kwaye ukuba izityalo kuloo ndawo zaqhubeka zikhula. Oku kwabangela ukutyelela, kwaye kuthiwa uMgqwetha wagqiba ngelinye ilanga ukuba aqhube umzila wakhe wokuya kwiparadesi afunyenwe.
I-Tuttle kunye neBrickell bobabini banikezela ukwabelana nabanye beendawo zabo zokuhlala kwiprojekthi, kwaye kungekudala kuqhubeka.
UJohn Collins - Ngowe-1910, uColins wajoyina noCarl Fisher ukuba athathe umsebenzi onzima. Wayekholelwa ukuba i-mangrove imfudumalo ayibonayo kunxweme ingaba yinzuzo. Yena kunye noFisher bathenga umhlaba, kakhulu kwiindawo zokuzonwabisa. Iprojekthi enkulu yokuguqula i-swamp ibe yindawo eyayihlala kuyo yayinzima, kodwa xa igqityiweyo, iMami Beach Beach yangomhla igcine i-Collins isetyenziswe-yonke indlela eya ebhankini!