William Brickell - Brickell akatamira kumusha weMiami kubva kuCleveland, Ohio muna 1871. Iye nemhuri yake vakavhura nzvimbo yekutengeserana uye post office.
Vaiva ne maturakiti makuru enyika anotarisa kubva kuMiami River kusvika kuCoconut Grove, dzimwe dzaakazopa mukana wekambani yezvitima nokuda kwemigwagwa yakaisa Miami pamepu.
Julia Tuttle - Tuttle akanga ari wechipiri munda muriMami, achitenga maekala 640 paNorth Bank yeMiami River. Uyewo kubva kuCleveland, baba vaTuttle vaiva neshamwari dzakanaka nemhuri yeBrickell kusvikira kuregera kwasimuka ushamwari. Yakanga iri pakukurudzira kwaJulia Tuttle kuti Henry Flagler akauya nechitima chake kumaodzanyemba kuMiami.
Henry Flagler - Flagler akanga ari mukuru mumashini yemafuta akaumba umambo hukuru naJohn D. Rockefeller. Kutarisa kwake kwakashanduka pakuwedzera, akatanga kutanga kugungwa kumabvazuva kweFlorida. Akatanga muSt. Augustine kutenga nyika uye mahotera. Kutanga chirongwa chezvitima, akawedzera rails kumaodzanyemba zvishoma gore negore. Apo Julia Tuttle akaratidza kuti aifunga kuendesa iyo yose kuMiami, akanga asina hanya.
Ikoko kwakanga kusina kuoneka kwakanyanya munzvimbo iyi. Muna 1894, kuFrance kwakazununguka, kuparadza nzvimbo yezvekurima yeFlorida yemari. Tuttle akanyora kuna Flagler kuti Miami haana kuudzwa, uye kuti zvirimwa munzvimbo yacho zvakaramba zvichibudirira. Izvi zvakaita kuti vashanyire, uye zvinonzi Flagger akasarudza mukati mezuva rimwe kuti arambe ari munzira yake yeparadhiso kusvika kuparadhiso yaakawana.
Tuttle naBrickell vose vakazvipira kugovera zvimwe zvekugara kwavo kweprojekti, uye munguva pfupi yakatevera.
John Collins - Muna 1910, Collins akabatana naCarl Fisher kutora basa rinotyisa. Akatenda kuti mangrove mvura iyo yaakaona pamhenderekedzo yaizobatsira. Vose pamwechete iye naFisher vakatenga nyika, zvakanyanya kufadza vanhu. Basa rakakura rekushandura iyo dutu kuva muimba yakagadzikana raiva rakaoma, asi paakapera, Miami Beach yakagadzirwa iye zvino yakachengetedza Collins kushevedza-yose kuenda kubhangi!