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Nov. 27, 1921

- Auctioneer Doc Dammers selling lots in Coral Gables; c. 1921 (State Archives of Florida)

Nov. 27, 1921

Developer George Merrick sells the first lots in community of Coral Gables, which was originally part of the City of Miami. Greater Miami’s 1920s land boom is in full swing as eager buyers purchase, divide, and often resell property seemingly overnight. The boom ends by the fall of 1926