Tamiami Trail

THE TAMIAMI TRAIL LINKS THE TWO GREAT CITIES
FOR WHICH IT WAS NAMED -- TAMPA AND MIAMI. IT BRIDGES
THE EVERGLADES. TYING TOGETHER SOUTH FLORIDA´S ATLANTIC
AND GULF COASTS.

ITS OFFICIAL OPENING ON APRIL 25, 1928, BY GOVERNOR
JOHN W. MARTIN CLIMAXED THIRTEEN YEARS OF PLAN-
NING AND WORKING. 

FLORIDA IS INDEBTED TO CAPTAIN J.F. JAUDON, WHOSE
FAITH AND PERSISTENCE KEPT THE PROJECT ALIVE; TO THE
INTREPID TRAIL BLAZERS, WHOSE TRIP BY CAR ACROSS THE
TRACKLESS EVERGLADES IN 1923 DRAMATIZED THE NEED
FOR THE HIGHWAY´S COMPLETION; TO BARRON G. COLLIER
FOR HIS UNSTINTING AID, AND TO OTHERS WHOSE TIME,
ENERGIES AND TALENTS MADE THIS TREMENDOUS FEAT
POSSIBLE. 

THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA - 1958 

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