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Bookmark or Share- Bridging Legacies: Julia Tuttle’s Women’s History Month TributeIn the heart of Miami Beach, where the iconic bridge proudly boasts the “Welcome to Miami Beach” sign, lies a historical connection to the city’s roots – Julia Tuttle, fondly known as the “Mother of Miami.”
- Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle - Florida Women's Hall of FameKnown as ‘the Mother of Miami,’ Julia Tuttle died there at age 50, two years after the railroad arrived. ‘It is the dream of my life,’ she had written, ‘to see this wilderness turned into a prosperous country.’.
- Julia Tuttle - WikipediaJulia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 [1] – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she's called the "Mother of Miami."
- Julia Tuttle Biography - InfopleaseJulia Tuttle, a Clevelander, first saw southern Florida in 1875 when she visited her father, who had moved there as a homesteader. After Tuttle’s husband died in 1886, she decided to move to South Florida as well. Arriving in 1891, she bought several hundred acres on the bank of the Miami River.
- Overlooked No More: Julia Tuttle, the ‘Mother of Miami’Tuttle, being a woman, was not permitted to cast a vote, but today she is widely recognized as the only woman to have founded a major American city.
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