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1 The Dynamite Days of Middle School Prior Knowledge Thomas M. Tufts

2 What you need to know The Everglades Landforms of the Everglades Sheet flow People involved Obstacles to sheet flow People of the Everglades Info for the book Benefits of Restoration

3 Original Everglades

4 Everglades Animals

5 Everglades Landforms

6 Sawgrass Marsh

7 Hardwood Hammock

8 Pine Rockland

9 Cypress Swamp

10 Cypress Head

11 Coastal Prairie

12 Mangrove Prairie

13 Florida Bay

14 The Past and The Present

15 Original Sheetflow

16 Current Sheetflow

17 Comparison of Sheetflow

18 Henry Shelton Sanford Invited Disston on a Florida Black Bass fishing trip in 1877 Founded the city of Sanford, Florida Introduced many new varieties of oranges to Florida Owned extensive amounts of land in St. Augustine and Sanford

19 Hamilton Disston Largest saw manufacturing company in world (Philadelphia) 1877 sport fishing trip to Florida In 1881, purchased 4 million acres in Kissimmee area Stood to gain 12 million acres after draining Connected Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico by dredging the Caloosahatchee River Connected chain of lakes in the Kissimmee River Basin to Lake Okeechobee

20 Disston’s Saw Works Manufactured hand saws, files and hacksaws for the world

21 Govenor Bloxham Govenor in 1881 State of Florida = $1 million in debt Encouraged Disston to purchase 4 million Florida acres in order to bring people to live in Florida With Disston’s land purchase, he erased the debt of IIF

22 Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Was elected Governor on the promise to create an "Empire of the Everglades," by wringing the last drop of water out of that "pestilence-ridden swamp." Began Miami Canal Began Everglades Drainage District in 1907

23 Captain James Jaudon Started Tamiami Trail Funded trail from the Miami side First Ochopee postmaster

24 Barron Gift Collier Funded western section of Tamiami Trail Debate with Jaudon over Trail location County named after him Largest Florida land owner Collier-Seminole State Park

25 Construction of the Tamiami Trail

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27 Florida Counties in 1921

28 Florida Counties Today

29 Loop Road The result of Collier and Jaudon

30 Canals Caloosahatchee River St. Lucie River Palm Beach Canal Hillsborough Canal New River Canal Miami Canal

31 Hurricanes of 1926 & 1928

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33 Okeechobee Levee

34 Kissimmee River Project Dredged Kissimmee River Channelization began in 1961 Finished in 1971 Was 50 miles wide

35 Miccosukee

36 Chickhee Huts

37 3 kinds of huts Eating Huts Sleeping Huts Social Huts

38 Aunt V’s House

39 Jay’s Oyster Bars

40 Snook

41 Benefits of Everglades Restoration

42 Problem and Solution


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