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MIAMI RIVER COMMISSION c/o Robert King High 1407 NW 7 St., Suite D Miami , FL 33125 Phone 305-644-0544 Fax 305-642-1136 miamiriver@bellsouth.net This site prepared and designed by Mark Sell Communications, Inc. Public Relations	About the river:	Overview Miami River History River Developments
		From the time of the first Indian settlements, the community that became Miami formed on the banks of The Miami River. The earliest tribes lived, worshiped and traded by its rushing waters, brimming with sea life. Missionaries, soldiers and settlers followed. The City of Miami was founded at the river's mouth by Indian burial mounds and grew up along the river. Over time, the river became the lifeblood of Miami's trade. Today, the river remains an economically critical artery of commerce, running 5.5 miles from Miami International Airport to Biscayne Bay. This truly working river has evolved into an exotic, vital urban waterscape without parallel in America. It flows past boatyards, marinas, public parks, tugboats, shipping terminals, pleasure craft, houseboats, mangroves, historic homes, shippers, restaurants and loading docks through the heart of downtown Miami into Biscayne Bay. The Miami River's 32 private terminals handle more than $4 billion in cargo a year, making it Florida's fifth largest seaport.
	Ralph Munroe's 1884 photo of the mouth of the Miami River (Miami Circle site at right).

	Mouth of the Miami River 2000, looking west toward Brickell Bridge.

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