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Julia Tuttle, a local citrus grower convinced Henry M. Flagler, the hotel baron and railroad tycoon to expand the Florida East Coast Railroad to Miami.

He made it a railroad hub, dredged the harbor, began a recreational center, and promoted tourism.

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