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Fort Dallas was built in 1836 and functioned as a military base during the Second Seminole War. The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth. The few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise. read more

Nearly 100 years before Cubans began fleeing the Castro dictatorship, Miami was a winter vacation town that grew to be incorporated in 1896 as a full-fledged city and developed into an internationally known, beautiful, vital city built by North Americans. read more

Exhibition sites are located in the city's Art Deco District, and ancillary events are scattered throughout the greater Miami metropolitan area. Miami Beach is home to the New World Symphony, established in 1987 under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. read more

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