Ngaphandle kokuba sisixeko esincinci kwaye loo mfanekiso wanamhlanje owenza ngamanye amaxesha ukuthandabuza ukuba inembali, iMiami inemvelaphi yayo, ingekho ngaphandle kweminqweno yayo. Eyona nto inomdla? Yasekwa ngumfazi, UJulia Tuttle. Ngapha koko, kuphela kwesixeko saseMelika esasekwa ngumfazi.
Besele sibala iinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ukuba ukuzalwa kukaMiami ngandlel 'ithile kwakusisiphumo seqabaka enkulu eyatshabalalisa izityalo zaseFlorida ngaphandle kwezo zaseMiami.
UJulia Tuttle wazalelwa eCleveland ngo-Agasti 22, 1849. Igama lakhe lobuntombi yayinguJulia de Forest de Sturtevant. Ngo-867, eneminyaka eyi-18, watshata noFrederick Leonard Tuttle, owathi waba ngumhlolokazi ngo-1886, wamshiya yedwa nabantwana ababini. Ejamelene nale meko, uJulia wafudukela eFlorida, esithi imozulu entle iyakuba luncedo kwimpilo enkenenkene yabantwana bakhe.
Wayekhe waya kulo mmandla esiya kutyelela utata wakhe, owayethenge isiqwenga somhlaba kufutshane neFort Dallas, kunxweme loMlambo iMiami, apho atyala khona iiorenji.
UJulia uthenge ipropathi kufutshane noMlambo iMiami phantse iikhilomitha ezintathu zesikwere. Kule mihla yokuqala, uloliwe wayefika kuphela kwisixeko esasikumgama oziikhilomitha ezilishumi, eCiudad Limón. Kumthendeleko, uJulia wadibana UJames E. Ingraham, owayengummeli wenkampani kaloliwe.
Kuba ibali lihlala isithembiso uJulia awasenzayo kummeli, evakalisa umdla wakhe wokuzisa uloliwe eMiami kunye nembono yokuba ngenye imini umntu angafuna ukwakha isikhululo eMiami kwaye uzimisele ukunikela ngenxalenye yomhlaba wakhe ukuze kwenzeke.
Emva kweqabaka lembali elacima izityalo zaseFlorida, ngaphandle kwezo zaziseMiami, omnye usomashishini kaloliwe, UHenry flagler, Ndiqale ukuqaphela ukubanokwakha isikhululo sikaloliwe eMiami.
UJames E. Ingraham waqala ukusebenzela uFlagger kwaye wamxelela ngokulunga kunye nokubanakho kweMiami kunye nesithembiso uJulia Tuttle awayesenze kuye iminyaka emibini phambi kokunikela ngomhlaba wakhe ukufumana uloliwe apho.
Ukusuka kwilizwi elinikwe ngumfazi, uJulia Tuttle, isixeko saseMiami sazalwa ngo-Okthobha u-25, 1895.