Julia Tuttle's grave
The woman who talked a railroad south, and what she had left two years later.
Listen to this place’s story in Peplos.
How the story begins
Julia Tuttle kept trying to give away her land, and no one would take it. She was a widow from Cleveland. In 1890 she met James Ingraham, a railroad man, and urged him to bring the railroad south to Miami, offering half of her lands. His employer said no. In 1891 she bought more than six hundred acres on the Miami River and moved there with her two children. She wrote to investors, John D. Rockefeller among them.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
City of Miami Cemetery, 1800 NE 2nd Avenue. Check opening hours before you go. If the gates are shut, this story works from the street.
Sources
- Julia Tuttle, Ingraham Everglades Exploring Expedition, University of Florida Libraries
- Henry Flagler, PBS American Experience
- Julia Tuttle, Wikipedia
- Miami City Cemetery, Wikipedia
- City of Miami Cemetery, Historic Preservation Miami
- Julia Tuttle, Mother of Miami, Florida historical marker, 2020
- Eric Barton on Julia Tuttle and the Bramson Archive, Flamingo Magazine, 2024
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