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Julia DeForest Tuttle (née Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who owned the property upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami."
Dec 3, 2021 · 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. Tuttle, left, with her mother and her...
May 12, 2013 · Julia DeForest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," is widely recognized as the only female founder of a major American city. The visionary widow from Ohio bought hundreds of acres at what is now Downtown Miami, moved down on a barge, and eventually convinced railroad man Henry Flagler to extend his new railway to the Miami River by sending him an ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Julia DeForest Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Ephraim Sturtevant, a college instructor who became a planter and state senator in southern Florida after moving there for health reasons.
Mar 4, 2022 · Julia Tuttle owned the land that modern Miami was built on and promoted the city's development in the late 1800s. Miami historian Dr. Paul George told CBS4...
Julia DeForest Sturtevant Tuttle, A landowner who was key to the development of Miami, Julia Tuttle was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She married in 1871, bore two children, and visited Miami for the first time in 1875. After her husband’s death in 1891, she moved there permanently.
Mar 7, 2023 · Julia DeForrest Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," is the only woman to have ever founded a major U.S. city. Mª del Rosario Castro Díaz • March 7, 2023. SHARE THE ARTICLE. March is Women’s History Month and there’s no shortage of female icons in the 305 to celebrate.
