Miami History - On October 21, 1896, the first school in Miami opened, with 38 students in a storefront in downtown Miami. By 1897, with the help from Henry Flagler, Miami's Grammar
![Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Miami, Florida, was incorporated today 1896--here shown 12 years later: #NARA http://t.co/TZ1hfuqaKu" / Twitter Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Miami, Florida, was incorporated today 1896--here shown 12 years later: #NARA http://t.co/TZ1hfuqaKu" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtqXdn1CcAArelx.jpg)
Michael Beschloss on Twitter: "Miami, Florida, was incorporated today 1896--here shown 12 years later: #NARA http://t.co/TZ1hfuqaKu" / Twitter
![Photograph of a Miami Florida Balloon Frame House of S. H. Richmond Located in Culter, now part of the Charles Deering Estate. 1896 Photograph of a Miami Florida Balloon Frame House of S. H. Richmond Located in Culter, now part of the Charles Deering Estate. 1896](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/16638.jpg?v=1678211196)
Photograph of a Miami Florida Balloon Frame House of S. H. Richmond Located in Culter, now part of the Charles Deering Estate. 1896
![Then and now. In 1896 the heart of Miami was a retail district along Avenue D, (todays Miami Avenue near 3rd St… | Prairie style houses, Prairie style, Stucco homes Then and now. In 1896 the heart of Miami was a retail district along Avenue D, (todays Miami Avenue near 3rd St… | Prairie style houses, Prairie style, Stucco homes](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d3/13/72/d313724a180b09c5ce764ed1471d0739--miami-retail.jpg)