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Special | 14m 36s Video has closed captioning.
Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers, but it was one of them - a colorful industrialist with a knack for publicity named Carl Fisher - who was most responsible for transforming a swampy jungle into the glamorous tourist resort of today. The film chronicles this metamorphosis through the story of its forgotten protagonist.
Aired: 07/14/15
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Inside The Mind of a Comic Creator
The story of Carlos Castellanos, illustrator of the comic Baldo.
Miami Beach developer Carl Fisher built the city with the help of Rosie the elephant.
Amelia Earhart’s last attempt to circle the globe departed from Miami June 1937.
Salvaging beleaguered ships off Florida reefs was a thriving industry in Key West Wreckers
The wading birds of the Everglades came close to extinction in the mid-19th century.
Who killed Italian artist Leno Lazzari and his wife Louise, Nov 14th 1948 in Boca Raton?
The New River area was a tough frontier land populated by brave Native Americans.
A vivid picture of what life was like for this prehistoric community of first Miamians.
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Miami Beach was incorporated as a city 100 years ago by a group of visionary pioneers.
