Endless UThe Miami River: From Natural Waterway to Working City
Learn a compact piece of Miami history through the river that shaped its Indigenous settlement, modern development, and working waterfront.
Before Modern Miami
How the Miami River formed and why it became a center of human life long before the modern city.
1.1 A River Born from the Everglades
Explain the Miami River’s original natural connection to the Everglades, Biscayne Bay, and the region’s freshwater flow before canals and urban development reshaped it.
1.2 The Tequesta at the River’s Mouth
Introduce the Tequesta settlement at the mouth of the Miami River, explaining why the location supported a major community and what archaeology reveals about it.
The River Becomes Urban
How dredging, drainage, trade, and development transformed the Miami River into an urban and commercial corridor.
2.1 From Natural River to Working Waterfront
Trace the river’s transformation through dredging, Everglades drainage, settlement, shipping, and modern redevelopment, while noting what remains of its working-waterfront identity.
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