abstract:Julia DeForest Tuttle (born Julia DeForest Sturtevant; January 22, 1849 – September 14, 1898) was an American businesswoman who was largely responsible for, and the original owner of, the land upon which Miami, Florida, was built. For this reason, she is called the "Mother of Miami.
If you cross the JuliaTuttle Causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami proper (they are, by the way, technically separate cities), you do not have to proceed too far west and north to enter Little Haiti.