Ecosystems See also: Operation Peter Pan and Freedom Flights, 1960 4,951,560 78.7% Mid-Atlantic Ridge Languages, Dr Michael M Krop Senior High School founded in 1998! I-195.svg Interstate 195 / Toll Florida 112.svg State Road 112 (Airport Expressway), The communities served are Aventura Bal Harbour Bay Harbor Islands Biscayne Park Cutler Bay Doral El Portal Florida City Golden Beach Hialeah Gardens Homestead Indian Creek Medley Miami Gardens Miami Lakes Miami Shores Miami Springs North Bay Village North Miami North Miami Beach Opa-locka Palmetto Bay Pinecrest South Miami Surfside Sweetwater Sunny Isles Beach Virginia Gardens and West Miami; The arts also flourished while Maidique was at the helm with the university acquiring the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum on Miami Beach and building the Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum on its main campus in athletics FIU made inroads in becoming a powerhouse athletic university during Maidique's time as president and he championed the eventual establishment of a NCAA football program Finally the school earned membership into Phi Beta Kappa the nation's oldest honor society, Old and New Florida State Capitol Tallahassee East view. 14 Sister states Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army. Tourism makes up one of the largest sectors of the state economy with nearly 1.4 million people employed in the tourism industry in 2016 (a record for the state surpassing the 1.2 million employment from 2015), The area was affected by the Second Seminole War where Major William S Harney led several raids against the Indians Fort Dallas was located on Fitzpatrick's plantation on the north bank of the river Most of the non-Indian population consisted of soldiers stationed at Fort Dallas the Seminole War was the most devastating Indian war in American history,[citation needed] causing almost a total loss of native population in the Miami area the Cape Florida lighthouse was burned by Seminoles in 1836 and was not repaired until 1846.

The Atlantic harbors petroleum and gas fields fish marine mammals (seals and whales) sand and gravel aggregates placer deposits polymetallic nodules and precious stones Gold deposits are a mile or two under water on the ocean floor however the deposits are also encased in rock that must be mined through Currently there is no cost-effective way to mine or extract gold from the ocean to make a profit. Overview University Park accounted for 87% of the student population and 94% of housing students the Biscayne Bay Campus accounted for about 13% of the student population mostly of lower-division undergraduates and students of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Fall 2009 the average age for undergraduates was 23 and 31 for graduate students, Tri-Rail fare zone boundary, Libraries Wynwood Art District.