On their northward journey along the Atlantic coast, the Expedition party spent time at the House of Refuge at New River Inlet and Fort Lauderdale. They stopped there briefly on April 12 while sailing north on the schooner "Margaret." They had to turn back because of bad weather and ended up staying at the House of Refuge on April 13 before resuming their northward journey on the 14th. The House of Refuge No. 4 at Fort Lauderdale was located on a barrier island four miles north of the New River Inlet. The region that today is the city of Fort Lauderdale was sparsely populated in the 1880s and 1890s, probably with less than 100 people. Started as the site of military forts earlier in the century, the city didn't really begin to develop until the mid-1890s with the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway. The city, which is almost 25 miles north of Miami, was incorporated in 1911 and became the seat of the newly formed Broward County in 1915.
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For other topics referenced in the Expedition texts, please refer to the Index to Subjects and Names.
1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015