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Miami Lakes marks 25th anniversary as residents, business owners recall founding
Summary
Speakers at a Miami Lakes anniversary event traced the town's origins to the Graham family, noting Graham's Dairy (founded January 1932), the donation of parkland for youth sports, and the charter vote on 12/05/2000 that established the town.
Miami Lakes residents and local business owners marked the town's anniversary with remarks recalling how the Graham family helped create the community and donated land for parks and youth athletics.
A participant recounting family history said Ernest R. Graham, who had worked for the Pennsylvania Sugar Company, founded Graham's Dairy in January 1932 after area sugarcane plans proved unworkable. "At that time, we milked cows. We bottled. We produced. We delivered," the speaker said, describing the dairy's early operations and the family's later decision in the late 1950s and early 1960s to develop their land rather than sell it for about $3,000 an acre.
Gary Snow, owner of Snow's Jewelers on Main Street, said his business was "actually the first lease…
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