Real Estate Boom

Rand-McNally's "Florida" from 1904 showing the county of Brevard (orange) extending down to Dade County & The Everglades (yello). Photography: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Old Lauderdale

Becoming Broward

February 1, 2017
John Dolen

Local politics, a real estate boom and Prohibition all helped create Broward County. It was a long time coming, but not so easy to carve out Broward County. The area’s…

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