Tequesta : Number - 50/1990 - FIU Digital Collections

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Pioneering in Suburbia PART I By Nixon Smiley Nixon Smiley, a well known newspaper reporter for the Miami Herald, local historian, and environmentalist, died July 29, <strong>1990</strong>. Except for a hitch in the Marines during World War II, Smiley worked for the Herald from 1940 until he retired in 1973. His Knights of the Fourth Estate, one of nine books that he wrote, is the definitive history of the Miami Herald and an excellent history of Miami as well. Long the Herald's horticultural expert, Smiley was also acting director at Fairchild Tropical Garden from 1956 - 63. His interest in tropical plants was a particularly rewarding part of his life. Reared by his paternal grandparents, Smiley's early childhood was filled with fear and self doubts. He quickly learned to read faces and anticipate actions of adults to avoid severe punishment. Thus, he developed a keen sense of observation which was to help make him a respected newspaper reporter and author. His writings are characterized by this ability to observe and record in a clear, precise manner those events and details other people often failed to perceive. Before his death, Smiley recorded the memories of his experiences shared with his family and friends while living on Montgomery Drive in southwest Dade County on property the family bought when the area was still mostly undeveloped. The following observations cover the period between 1951 -1976 when he developed and landscaped the property at Southwest 120th Street and 60th Avenue. His love of the land, his interest and knowledge of tropical planting, and his friendships with a variety of interesting people make the memoir meaningful to all South Floridians. Today, thousands of people live in the area Smiley describes. How fortunate for Miami that a person as sensitive as Nixon Smiley was there to record the transition from back country to suburban neighborhood. We are grateful to his widow, Evelyn, and his son, Dr. Karl Smiley, for allowing <strong>Tequesta</strong> to publish this special manuscript.
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