What's In A Name: Broward, Dade and Monroe Counties
About this episode
The episode explores the origins of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in South Florida, tracing their names to key historical figures and events.
Buy Me a Coffee to help support the show. Thank you. Every day we travel from Broward County to Miami-Dade County to Monroe County, but have you ever stopped to wonder why the counties have those names? I have. Come with me, your host Bill Monty, to Take a TALK Down Memory Lane and explore the origins of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties in South Florida, tracing their names to key historical figures and events. From early U.S. territorial expansion to the Seminole Wars and the transfo...
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