Nov 17, 2021
Just steps from the condo where we are staying is old Ft. Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale area was known as the “New River Settlement” prior to the 20th century. While a few pioneer families lived in the area since the late 1840s, it was not until the Florida East Coast Railroad built tracks through the area in the mid-1890s that any organized development began. The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Today, Fort Lauderdale is a major yachting center, one of the nation’s biggest tourist destinations, and the center of a metropolitan division of 1.8 million people. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
