Duk da kasancewar birni ne na matasa da kuma wannan hoton na zamani wanda wani lokacin yakan sanya shakku kan cewa yana da tarihi, Miami tana da asali, ba tare da son sanin ta ba. Babban son sani? Mace ce ta kafa shi, Julia Tuttle ne adam wata. A zahiri, shine birni ɗaya tilo a cikin Amurka wanda mace ta kafa.
Mun riga mun ƙidaya aan watannin da suka gabata cewa haihuwar Miami ta kasance ta wata hanya sakamakon tsananin sanyi da ya lalata amfanin gonar Florida banda na Miami.
An haifi Julia Tuttle a Cleveland a ranar 22 ga watan Agusta, 1849. Sunan budurwar ta Julia de Forest de Sturtevant. A shekara ta 867, tana da shekaru 18, ta auri Frederick Leonard Tuttle, wanda ta mutu a shekarar 1886, ya bar ta ita kaɗai tare da yara biyu. Ganin wannan yanayin, Julia ta yi ƙaura zuwa Florida tana da'awar cewa kyakkyawan yanayin zai zama da amfani ga ƙarancin lafiyar yaranta.
Ya taba zuwa wannan yankin don ziyarci mahaifinsa, wanda ya sayi yanki kusa da Fort Dallas, a gefen Kogin Miami, inda ya yi lemu.
Julia ta sayi fili kusa da Kogin Miami kusan kilomita murabba'i uku. A cikin waɗannan kwanakin farko, hanyar jirgin ƙasa kawai ta isa wani birni wanda ke da nisan kilomita goma, a Ciudad Limón. A wata walima, Julia ta hadu James E Ingraham, wanda ya kasance wakilin kamfanin jirgin ƙasa.
Domin labarin ya rage alkawarin da Julia tayi wa wakilin, ta hanyar nuna sha'awar ta na kawo jirgin zuwa Miami da kuma ra'ayin cewa wata rana wani zai so ya gina tashar a cikin Miami kuma tana son ba da gudummawar wani ɓangare na ƙasarta don hakan ta faru.
Bayan sanyin tarihin da ya shafe amfanin gonar Florida, ban da waɗannan albarkatun da ke cikin Miami, wani ɗan kasuwar jirgin ƙasa, Mai buga tutar Henry, ya fara la’akari da yiwuwar gina tashar jirgin kasa a Miami.
James E. Ingraham ya fara aiki ne ga Flagger kuma ya gaya masa game da nagarta da damar Miami da kuma alkawarin da Julia Tuttle ta yi masa shekaru biyu kafin ta ba da filayenta don samun jirgin a can.
Daga kalmar da wata mata ta bayar, Julia Tuttle, an haifi garin Miami a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1895.