Editing Miami (section)

===Founding===
Miami is noted as the only major city in the United States founded by a woman. [[Julia Tuttle]], a local [[citrus|citrus grower]] and a wealthy [[Cleveland]] native, was the original owner of the land upon which Miami was built.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Copquin |first=Claudia Gryvatz |date=January 23, 2014 |title=What's the One Major American City Founded by a Woman? |url=https://parade.com/256292/claudiagryvatzcopquin/whats-the-one-major-american-city-founded-by-a-woman/ |access-date=June 18, 2019 |website=Parade |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015162952/http://parade.condenast.com/256292/claudiagryvatzcopquin/whats-the-one-major-american-city-founded-by-a-woman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the late 19th century, the area was known as "Biscayne Bay Country", and reports described it as a promising wilderness and "one of the finest building sites in Florida".<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 10, 1893 |title=The Day in St. Augustine&nbsp;— The Hack Line to Biscayne Bay |work=[[The Florida Times-Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 9, 1893 |title=A Trip to Biscayne Bay |work=The Tropical Sun}}</ref> The [[Great Freeze]] of 1894–1895 hastened Miami's growth, as the crops there were the only ones in Florida that survived. Julia Tuttle subsequently convinced [[Business magnate|railroad tycoon]] [[Henry Flagler]] to extend his [[Florida East Coast Railway]] to the region, for which she became known as "the mother of Miami".<ref>{{Citation |last=Muir |first=Helen |title=Miami, USA |page=55 |year=1953 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Weiner |first=Jacqueline |title=Statue of Miami's First Lady, Julia Tuttle, may be birthday present |date=April 1, 2010 |url=http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/100401/story2.shtml |work=Miami Today |access-date=June 25, 2010 |archive-date=April 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406013034/http://www.miamitodaynews.com/news/100401/story2.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Miami was officially incorporated as a city on July 28, 1896, with a population of just over 300.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Linda K. |last2=George, Paul S. |name-list-style=amp |title=South Florida: A Brief History |url=http://www.hmsf.org/history/south-florida-brief-history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429002717/http://www.hmsf.org/history/south-florida-brief-history.htm |archive-date=April 29, 2010 |access-date=August 24, 2009 |publisher=Historical Museum of South Florida}}</ref>