Florida’s Big Dig

The story of the Intracoastal and other thoughts on water, waterways, land, and ecology

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I am Bill Crawford. I was born and raised in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., bisected by the Intracoastal. I graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in commerce, with distinction, concentrating in finance. I obtained my juris doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law. I have practiced law for more than 43 years. I am a professional historian and author of the award-winning book, “Florida’s Big Dig,” (2008) the story of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. I have practiced law in Florida since 1975. Along the way, I developed a keen interest in researching and writing history, publishing numerous scholarly journal articles and one award-winning book, “Florida’s Big Dig,” the story of Florida’s Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, using my legal pbackground to understand legal transactions, deeds, wmortgages, bonds, preferred stock, and legal descriptions of land and water. In recent years, I have maintained a limited practice consulting with other professionals on various historical land and water issues, including sovereign, riparian, and submerged land rights, focusing on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and Florida inland waterways. I maintain a broad regular website here at www.floridasbigdig.me and a website solely on how the book was researched as well as some of the major themes explored. The website on the book itself is at www.floridasbigdig.com. The website on contacts for professional services is at www.floridasbigdiglawyer.com?. A fifteen-page outline of my book

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National Drought Monitor- September 8, 2015, now drought in S.C. and La.

September 10, 2015

. TheNational Drought Monitor is published every two weeks. Over two hundred climatologists, geophysicists, and ther experts in predicting the weather measure the various levels of drought throughout the country. On the basis of these quantitative predictive models, the federal government attempt to measure qualitatively the severity of drought and its length in time. The…
Three maraschino cherries dangling over vanilla ice cream?

September 9, 2015
Father and Son Banquet Cub Scout Pack 104

September 7, 2015
Miami Marine Stadium upon completion in 1963 on Virginia Key, Miami, Fla.

September 7, 2015

An architectural jewel designed by 28-year-old Hilario Candela, the Stadium was used for decades for concerts,boat races, even boxing matches, for crowds at a maximum number of 6,566 until it fell into disuse and functional deterioration. As of this writing, a preservation group has formed to restore and renovate the Stadium for its original uses…
From Houses of Refuge to the United States Coast Guard (under Department of Homeland Security)

September 6, 2015

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress had posted the Declaration of Indepndence, the Thirteen Colonies had fought the British for seven long years. With the help of the French, the Germans and others, the Colonists defeated the British and won their freedom. The task now was to draft a Constitution and to build a…
1932-1935 Aerial of Gulf Stream, Fla., east of the Florida East Coast Canal (AICW)

September 6, 2015

Located in Palm Beach County, the Town of Gulf Stream was founded in 1925 by the Phipps family (U.S. Steel, with Andrew Carnegie), the Uihlein family (Schlitz Brewing) et al. interested in polo and golf. Today, the Town of Gulf Stream has by some measures the 11th or 14th highest per family income in the…
U.S. COAST GUARD TO STEP UP ENFORCEMENT LABOR DAY WEEKEND

September 6, 2015

USCG to step up enforcement of ‘passenger boats’ in FloridaRegion: Gulf Coast – Florida Date Reported: Aug 26, 2015 Reported By: Mike Ahart, News Editor Source: Coast Guard News Coast-Guard-Boat.jpgYou offer to take some friends or acquaintances out for a sail, cruise or fishing outing. Everyone chips in for fuel and supplies. Are you an…
Broward Health: Deerfield Beach, Fla. f/k/a North District Hospital, Pompano Beach, Fla.

September 4, 2015
Icelandic Bridge Connects Two Continental Tectonic Plates

September 4, 2015

In Reykjavik, Iceland, there is never any water under this unique bridge. This bridge connects two tectonic plates that separated early in the formation of the continents of the Earth. Under tectonic theory, there are seven or eight plates that make up the hard outer shell of the Earth. The land mass on the right…
The Magdeburg Water Bridge — the longest such water bridge in the World (2003)

September 1, 2015

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