William Brickell - Brickell anasamukira ku Miami kuchokera ku Cleveland, Ohio mu 1871. Iye ndi banja lake anatsegula positi ndi malonda.
Iwo anali ndi madera akuluakulu ochokera ku Miami River kupita ku Coconut Grove, ena mwa omwe adapereka nawo ndalama ku kampani ya njanji chifukwa cha mizere yomwe inayika Miami pamapu.
Julia Tuttle - Tuttle anali mwini mwini munda ku Miami, kugula maekala 640 ku North Bank ya Miami River. Komanso kuchokera ku Cleveland, bambo ake a Tuttle anali mabwenzi abwino ndi banja la Brickell mpaka kuthetsa ubwenzi. Zinali pakulimbikitsidwa kwa Julia Tuttle kuti Henry Flagler abwerere njanji yake kumwera ku Miami.
Henry Flagler - Flagler anali mkulu wa mafakitale ogulitsa mafuta omwe adalenga ufumu waukulu ndi John D. Rockefeller. Chisamaliro chake chinasanduka kuwonjezeka, iye anayamba kukhala ndi gombe lakummawa la Florida. Anayamba ku St. Augustine kugula malo ndi mahotela. Kuyambira njanji yamtunda, adayendetsa maulendo kummwera chaka chilichonse. Pamene Julia Tuttle adamuuza kuti akuganiza kuti adzapita ku Miami, iye sanafune.
Panalibe kanthu kochepa kwambiri m'deralo. Mu 1894, dziko la Florida lidawombera, likuwononga chuma cha Florida. Flagler analembera Tuttle kuti Miami sanadziwike, ndipo kuti mbewu za m'derali zidapitilirabe. Izi zinayambitsa ulendo, ndipo Flaler adanena tsiku limodzi kuti apitirize njanji yake kupita ku paradaiso amene adapeza.
Tuttle ndi Brickell onse adapereka mwayi wogawana nawo ntchito zawo, ndipo posachedwa zinachitika.
John Collins - Mu 1910, Collins anagwirizana ndi Carl Fisher kuti ayambe ntchito yovuta. Anakhulupilira kuti mathithi a mangrove omwe anaona pamphepete mwa nyanja angakhale opindulitsa. Pakati pake iye ndi Fisher anagula malowo, ndipo anthu ambiri ankawaona. Ntchito yaikulu yosinthira kuti mathithi akhale malo okhalamo anali ovuta, koma pomalizidwa, Miami Beach yomwe ilipo lero inachititsa kuti Collins asangalatse-njira yonse yopitira ku banki!