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The Dynamite Days of Middle School Prior Knowledge

Dive deep into the history and restoration of the Everglades, from its original state to present challenges and solutions. Learn about key figures, landforms, hurricanes, canals, and the benefits of restoration.

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The Dynamite Days of Middle School Prior Knowledge

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  1. The Dynamite Days of Middle SchoolPrior 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 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

  26. Construction of the Tamiami Trail

  27. Florida Counties in 1921

  28. Florida Counties Today

  29. Loop RoadThe 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

  32. Hurricanes of 1926 & 1928

  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 Social Huts Eating Huts Sleeping 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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