William Brickell
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William Brickell (May 22, 1817(?) - January 14, 1908) joined Julia Tuttle as a co-founder of the city of Miami, Florida.
Brickell and his wife Mary moved to southern Florida from Cleveland, Ohio in 1871. He and his family opened a trading post and post office near the site of Fort Dallas.
The Brickell family owned large tracts of land stretching from Coconut Grove to the Miami River. His neighbor, Julia Tuttle, also originally from Cleveland, is credited with attracting the attention of Florida's east coast railroad and resort hotel magnate Henry M. Flagler to extend his interests to the area. Both Brickell and Tuttle contributed land to the Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway, which brought growth and development and put Miami on the map.
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