27 November 2019 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Miami / South Florida, Portrait
Reading Time: 4 minutesJohn S. Collins © floridamemory.com
John Stiles Collins was an
American Quaker farmer from
Moorestown Township, New Jersey who moved to
South Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a
barrier island which became
Miami Beach. John S. Collins died in 1928 at the age of 90.
Collins Avenue and the
Collins Canal, both on Miami Beach, are named in his honor.
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