Haulover’sHistoryHauloverPark(formerlyBaker’sHauloverInlet/Cut,Baker’sCut)situatedbetweentheAtlanticOceanandBiscayneBaydevelopedfromtheongoingflowoferodedsandsfromtheAppalachianMountains(Lynch,2021).Thepresent-dayHauloverParkwasformedastraderscrossedthelowestelevationoftheshoal,cuttingthroughthemangroveforestanddredgingtheshallowstobeabletonavigatetheiroceanbountiestothemainland.AccordingtodocumentsintheMiami-DadeCountyParksRecreationandOpenSpacesArchive,Baker’sHauloverCutisnamedforoneofthoseoriginaltraders,PhilipEdwardBaker(1832-1898).Afterseveralhaulovers,thecutwasestablishedprovidingabypassthroughtheshoal–enablinglocaloceanharvesterstoavoidalongjourneysouthtothenextnearestcut.Otherdocumentsmentiona“barefootmailman”whocarriedU.S.mailovertheseroadlessregions,fromPalmBeachtoMiamialongthebeachandwhomayhavebenefitedfromBaker’sinitialcut.Itisassumedthatovertimethisbecameaprimaryportofentryforseatradersoftheregion.AerialphotographofBaker'sHauloverInletafterahurricanewashedawaythelandonbothendsofthebridge,Baker’sHauloverInlet,Miami,ImagecourtesyofHoit,RichardB.ArchivedbytheStateArchivesofFlorida,FloridaMemory.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/29079>,HauloverBeachRefreshmentPavilion,HauloverPark,Miami,1962ImageCourtesyofMiami-DadePark’sArchivesHauloverBeachwithbeachgoersrecreatingonthecoastaldunes,HauloverBeach,Miami,1956ImageCourtesyofJackStarkandarchivedbyMiami-DadePark’sArchivesEventually,theTatumbrothersacquiredanddevelopedtheshoal.Advertisementsdated1919indicatethattheyintendedtosellthesepropertiesasBaysideandBeachfrontplotsthatstretchedfrombaytocoast.In1935DadeCountyCommissionbegantopurchaseBaker’sHauloverCutandthebaysidepropertyoftheshoal(northofthecut)withitslighthouserestaurant,trailer,smallrefreshmentstand,andcharterboats.Thebeachsideoftheshoalwaspurchasedin1940aspartofamunicipalbond. (“HauloverParkHeritage-Miami-DadeCounty.”AccessedMay7,2022.https://www.miamidade.gov/parks/library/haulover-park-heritage.pdf.)TatumBrothersadvertismentsellingplotsofbeachtobaypropertythateventuallybecometoday’sHauloverPark,January13,1919.ImageCourtesyofMiami-DadePark’sArchives18
AerialphotographofBaker’sHaulover,MiamiBeach,Florida,1938ImageCourtesyoftheStateArchivesofFlorida,FloridaMemory.19Primer