The Dynamite
Days of Middle
School
Prior Knowledge
Thomas M. Tufts
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
Original Everglades
Original Everglades
Everglades Animals
Everglades Landforms
Sawgrass Marsh
Hardwood Hammock
Pine Rockland
Cypress Swamp
Cypress Head
Coastal Prairie
Mangrove Prairie
Florida Bay
The Past and The Present
Original Sheetflow
Current Sheetflow
Comparison of Sheetflow
• 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
Henry Shelton
Sanford
• 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
Hamilton Disston
Disston’s Saw Works
Manufactured hand saws, files and
hacksaws for the world
• 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
Govenor Bloxham
• 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
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Broward
• Started Tamiami Trail
• Funded trail from the Miami side
• First Ochopee postmaster
Captain James
Jaudon
• Funded western section of Tamiami
Trail
• Debate with Jaudon over Trail location
• County named after him
• Largest Florida land owner
• Collier-Seminole State Park
Barron Gift
Collier
Construction of the Tamiami Trail
Construction of the Tamiami Trail
Florida Counties
in 1921
Florida Counties
Today
Loop Road
The result of Collier and Jaudon
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Caloosahatchee River
St. Lucie River
Palm Beach Canal
Hillsborough Canal
New River Canal
Miami Canal
Canals
Hurricanes of 1926 & 1928
Hurricanes of 1926 & 1928
Okeechobee Levee
Kissimmee River Project
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Dredged Kissimmee River
Channelization began in 1961
Finished in 1971
Was 50 miles wide
Miccosukee
Chickhee Huts
3 kinds of huts
Social Huts
Eating Huts
Sleeping Huts
Aunt V’s House
Jay’s Oyster Bars
Snook
Benefits of Everglades Restoration
Problem and Solution