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Richmond Blimp Base

In 1942, with German U-boats sinking ships just off Florida’s coast, the U.S. Navy built Richmond Naval Air Station.

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1940 / 1950's / 1960's / Decade / Places / Recent Posts 16 Jan 2014

Pioneer City: A western-themed amusement park in Broward

Pioneer City was a western-themed amusement park in western Broward County that opened in 1966 and closed less than two years later.

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1960's / Decade / Places / Recent Posts 09 Jan 2014

Polio Vaccine reaches Miami

In the 1950s, after Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against polio, citizens in Miami and across the nation lined up for shots to prevent the feared disease, which paralyzed thousands of children each year, killing some.

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1950's / 1960's / Decade / Population / Recent Posts / Social History 01 Jan 2014

Sounds of the ’60s: Miami music festivals

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1960's / Culture / Decade / Entertainment / Music / Recent Posts 26 Dec 2013

Post Offices

Mail service in Southeast Florida goes back to the legendary “barefoot mailmen” of the late 19th century, who delivered mail between Lake Worth in Palm Beach County to Biscayne Bay.

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1940 / 1950's / 1960's / 1970's / 1980's / Decade / Places / Recent Posts 18 Dec 2013

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas was nicknamed the “first lady of the Everglades” for her pioneering environmental work. Her famous book, The Everglades: The River of Grass, was published in 1947.

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People / Recent Posts 09 Dec 2013

Jim Morrison Arrested in Miami, 1969

After a March 1, 1969, concert in the old Dinner Key Auditorium, rocker Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, was arrested in Miami on charges he exposed himself onstage.

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1970's / Crimes & Trials / Decade / Entertainment / Music / People / Recent Posts 02 Dec 2013

Soap Box Derby, 1956

In 1956, the fourth annual Miami Herald-Chevrolet Dealers Soap Box Derby pitted horsepowerless speedsters against each other.

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1950's / Decade / Entertainment / Recent Posts / Sports 26 Nov 2013

Serpentarium

Nothing says Old Florida like the snake shows at the Serpentarium on South Dixie Highway.

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1970's / 1980's / Decade / Places / Recent Posts 26 Nov 2013

JFK in Miami, 1963

Days before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy visited Miami for a key foreign policy speech and to meet with local politicians.

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1960's / Decade / People / Politics / Recent Posts 26 Nov 2013