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
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