Material donated during the bicentennial. And the beautiful new river inn. And this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the Beautiful Hotel , also some of the homes that were owned by mr. Bryant. This area is a campus of buildings that were built started in 1905. Most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. This property was purchased by brian who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. Brian came from an area about 200 miles north of here. It is now called new smyrna beach. He was a major figure in that area, he had been the towns first mayor. He had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores stopped sawmills, cattle he was a big man there. In 1895, there was a massive freeze that totally wiped out the trees in that area and attended the economy. People were walking away from farms. That provided the energy and the people that settled in Fort Lauderdale. Certainly were no buildings here, many groves, but on the side high meat can see t
They wanted to be independent. So james pushed it to see how far he could go. He got bingo. They were able to be open 24 7. They didnt have to obey the law in florida. That is what they proved. And then getting into the casino gaming, the u. S. Government wasnt prepared for that either but as it went through the , process, they got permission to have the gaming on the sovereign reservation land. Then they went out and taught the other tribes in the u. S. How they could do that as well and thats how they got into gaming is through the sovereignty issues that were brought up and presented, testing sovereignty to see how it would go by james billy in the seminole tribe in florida. Gaming is as good as anything when you have nothing. You look around on the reservations. Some of them are terrifically isolated. What did they have . How could these people make a living like other people do in the cities, lets say . Whether it is gaming or whatever it might be, and with the individual familys
Area, they didnt know about telephones. It was interesting to see things happen. This was the turn of the century, 1907, they built mr. Bryans home, and they built mr. Ed kings home. 1911, that is when the phone system was built. There was a lot of growth and things happening fast. Keith and within a few months a board of trade was established here. Reid bryan toms brother, was the president of that. Within another month, they had town meetings where they all agreed that they would incorporate officers. Incorporate and elect officers. Within another couple of months, that had happened. By the middle of 1911, Fort Lauderdale was officially incorporated as a town. Timothy in order to have the city we have today, it is Fort Lauderdale it is important , to recognize the pioneers that started this area. All of those men, when we look at philemon bryan and we look at Henry Flagler there were things happening here. People want to preserve that history. Keith what i feel, that was the start of
Inn. And this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the beautiful hotel, also some of the homes that were owned by mr. Bryan. This area is a campus of buildings that were built by ed king. The buildings that were built in 1904, 1905. Most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. This property was purchased by philemon bryan, who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. Bryan came from an area about 200 miles north of here. It is now called new smyrna beach. It is a big citrus growing area. He was a major figure in that area, he had been the towns first mayor. He had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores, sawmills, cattle, he was a big man there. In 1895, there was a massive freeze that totally wiped out the trees in that area and totally upended the economy. People were walking away from farms. That provided the energy and the people that settled in Fort Lauderdale. Timothy certainly were no buildings here, many groves, but on the side
If i can add one more thing, remember the beginning of the United States of america. Economy of the this Southern States in the northern states is very different. They were very different from each other. Even today, the economy is very different. We found a way to deal with that and the regulators are the same is true in europe and china and india. Same is the same is true and brazil. This country deals with gaps between the rich and poor, agriculture, and earthen industrialize an evolving in much the same way that were going to have to on the global stage for a the problem has been solved and can be solved. Host good afternoon, we have a caller from new york city. Caller hello, im so happy youre taking my call. My question is this fiscal cliff that we are approaching. If president obama allows it to happen, what kind of catastrophe are you talking about . Im kind of concerned . So negatively will this affect the industry . How bad will it really be out there on wall street and main s