Hugh taylor birch biography of william
Frederic Clay Bartlett - Wikipedia.
At that time, most early settlers looked toward the Everglades for opportunity.
Hugh taylor birch biography of william
But Birch made the $500 purchase ($1 dollar per acre) because it was where he wanted to live a few months each year. Some say motion picture producer D.W. Griffith offered him $250,000 in 1920 for a portion of the land, but Birch refused to sell. (D.W.
Griffith stories about land purchases in Fort Lauderdale seemed to fuel a lot of interest but ring akin to Capone stories of the time: unsubstantiated.)
| Birch property 1900 Florida State Archives |