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	George Merrick - Top 50 Most Important Floridians of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		By 1922, Merrick began carving out what he would call a "City Beautiful" on the 3,000 acres of citrus groves and pineland his father left him.
		Merrick continued in real estate until 1940, when he became postmaster of Miami, a position he held until his death at age 55 in 1942.
		To this day, Merrick's home in Coral Gables is maintained as a living museum to the man who dreamed of castles in Spain.
	www.theledger.com /static/top50/pages/merrick.html (290 words)

	WER: George Byron Merrick / Old Times on the Upper Mississippi
		Merrick's "Old Times on the Upper Mississippi." The author lived for many years amid the scenes that he depicts, and for nine years was a pilot on an upper Mississippi boat.
		Merrick, though now what many would consider "pretty well along in years," is still young enough in the remembrance of those days.
		The recollections of a steamboat pilot from 1854 to 1863, by George Byron Merrick.
	www.library.wisc.edu /etext/WIReader/WER0056.html (1243 words)

	George E. Merrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		George Edgar Merrick (1886-1942) was a real estate developer who is best known as the planner and builder of the city of Coral Gables, Florida in the 1920s, one of the first planned communities in the United States.
		In October, 1915, George Merrick was appointed by the governor of Florida to replace F.A. Bryant as the county commissioner in District 1.
		George Merrick is credited with the establishment of the University of Miami in Coral Gables in early 1926 with a donation of 600 acres and a pledge of US$5 million.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Merrick (432 words)

	Services - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Merrick used his real estate profits to acquire more and more land adjacent to the family plantation, and by 1921 his holdings totaled 3,000 acres.
		Merrick possessed a genius of another kind in his ability to secure the finest design talents in the nation, whose like minds could turn his imaginative concepts into stone and concrete.
		Merrick's Coral Gables combined the picturesque with the pragmatic, and his autocratic control of the development insured its completion.
	dhr.dos.state.fl.us /services/magazine/04summer/article1.cfm (893 words)

	Robert George Merrick - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
		The mother of Robert George Merrick was Sarah Jane Harsch, born in Ohio, and died in Topeka, Kan., in 1906, at the age of sixty-four.
		When Robert George Merrick was a little child, his parents removed from the village of Manteno to a farm near Clifton, Iroquois county, where they remained until 1879.
		Merrick was married in 1898, to Miss Trissa Ellen Greenwood, of Topeka, but a native of Illinois.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1912/m3/merrick_robert_george.html (428 words)

	History of University of Miami
		On February 4, 1926 George Merrick addressed the citizens assembled at the corner-stone laying ceremony at the University of Miami for the Solomon G. Merrick Building honoring Merrick's father, a Congregationalist minister.
		George Merrick distinguished between the "ephemeral insignificance" of the commercial institutions he had built and the "permanently real.
		Merrick expected that his beloved grove of academe would soon yield the fruit of 5000 students and a prosperous institution.
	www.arc.miami.edu /school/umhistory.html (401 words)

	MiamiHerald.com \| 10/06/2006 \| A homecoming for nephew of Gables founder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The remains of a nephew of Coral Gables founder George Merrick will be returned to South Florida this week to be buried in the family plot.
		Coral Gables founder George Merrick will soon have new company in his final resting place at Woodlawn Park: A nephew who died in Colorado last year and wanted to be buried with his favorite uncle will have his ashes join the family plot Saturday.
		Kuhn's mother was Helen Merrick, the youngest of George Merrick's three sisters, and the only one of six siblings to have children.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/15691117.htm (776 words)

	Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: News Releases
		George E. Merrick, the father of Coral Gables, who turned his family's guava and grapefruit groves into The City Beautiful, is the inspiration for the four sculptures gracing the central garden of the Village of Merrick Park shopping complex, which opens Friday.
		More than 80 years after Merrick sold his first lot in what was then considered "Coconut Grove's backwater," the developers of the long-awaited retail center decided to honor the man and his wife who put Coral Gables on the map.
		Eunice Merrick's maiden name -- Peacock -- was the inspiration for the project's logo and other touches in the 20-acre complex, which boasts Miami-Dade's first Nordstrom and some 50 other first-time stores.
	www.hws.edu /news/update/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=433 (640 words)

	The Hawk Eye Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In that book, Merrick explains how the Captain was the youngest son and therefore not in line to inherit either the family title or fortune.
		Merrick ruefully noted that although he held the exalted title of "pilot" he was second in importance to the cook for the Englishman did not intend to suffer the rough food normally offered aboard boats.
		Merrick was pleased to discover that among his duties would be that of a hunting companion to the engaging captain.
	www.thehawkeye.com /COLUMNS/hansen/2003/Hansen_0413.html (751 words)

	Rex Hamilton Corporation - 500 Hardee Road, Coral Gables, Florida
		When George Merrick conceived of a totally new master planned community on this piney ridge of land west of Miami in the 1920s, he did a number of things just right.
		Another excellent idea that George Merrick had for his new city was to utilize the designs of the best architects of the roaring twenties.
		Merrick selected designers to create smaller model homes near the city hall where he could both test them and their designs for this tropical environment.
	www.rexhamilton.com /500HardeeRd.htm (1059 words)

	Coral Gables : The City Beautiful
		The Merricks were ably assisted by a large number of fl Bahamians, who were experts at cultivating crops in familiar surroundings so much like their homeland.
		George Merrick was a dreamer as well as a man with a deep practical streak.
		Merrick "eased" his way into this project, serving as a member of the Dade County Commission in 1914, and entering, around the same time, the real estate business.
	www.historical-museum.org /exhibits/gables/gables2.htm (472 words)

	55 Merrick Condos - Luxury Miami Condos in Coral Gables
		Residents at Fiftyfive Merrick will enjoy the ultimate in amenities, with a lushly landscaped lanai deck with tropical pool on the fifth level, from which to sun, swim and enjoy the magnificent South Florida breezes.
		Visionary founder George Merrick planned this jewel of a city in the 1920s on a grand scale as a tribute to Florida’s rich Spanish history.
		More than 84 years later, the boy scout troop that bears his name still meets at the George Merrick Scout Property on Granada Greenway every week, a testament to the legacy of his vision for his city and his commitment to a program of outdoor skills, youth leadership and self reliance.
	www.dienerproperties.com /55-merrick-condo-coral-gables.htm (1525 words)

	Merrick Statue Nears Unveiling: A Statue of Coral Gables Founder George Merrick is Under Wraps -- Until a May 23 ...
		Merrick Statue Nears Unveiling: A Statue of Coral Gables Founder George Merrick is Under Wraps -- Until a May 23 Unveiling - Business - RedOrbit
		Merrick Statue Nears Unveiling: A Statue of Coral Gables Founder George Merrick is Under Wraps -- Until a May 23 Unveiling
		In fact, nobody has seen Merrick's likeness, except some members of the Garden Club when it was at the foundry in Central Florida.
	www.redorbit.com /news/business/502991/merrick_statue_nears_unveiling_a_statue_of_coral_gables_founder/index.html (568 words)

	K-State Libraries - University Archives - Munger Family Register
		George Merrick Munger Riggle also made the second donation in 1986, consisting of eleven diaries.
		George Merrick Munger, Jr., the middle of the three children, was born June 8, 1872 in Chicago, Illinois.
		Many of the letters written to and from George Munger, and his wife Susie Munger, deal with business, how Susan was doing while she was in the hospital, or their children, mainly Belle and Martha.
	www.lib.ksu.edu /depts/spec/findaids/pc2001-06.html (1371 words)

	Printable Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Historic steamboat captain George Merrick entertained the audience with tales of his riverboating career Sunday at the Riverway Learning Community in Minnesota City.
		Merrick was born in 1841 in Prescott, Wis. He worked his way from pantry boy to steamboat pilot, collecting many stories along the way.
		As a pantry boy, Merrick would serve spiced pig’s head and buffalo tongue in addition to fish and other meats.
	www.winonadailynews.com /articles/2006/01/30/news/02merrick.prt (307 words)

	Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: News Releases
		Aub created a bronze sculpture that is divided into four parts, each of which is located in a different corner at the outdoor center of the Village of Merrick Park, a retail development within the planned community of Coral Gables.
		There's a statue of a man in a gondola, that represents George Merrick, who designed the city in the 1920s; a 61/2-foot-tall woman, representing his wife, Eunice; a 1,500-pound, 6-foot sculpture of a man's head, representing Merrick, with local landmarks on his hat; and two peacocks, representing the couple in their later years.
		For one thing, Eunice was short, but he felt it was important to have a figure of a tall, elegant woman and to have the male look like an ideal counterpart to her.
	www.hws.edu /news/update/showwebclip.asp?webclipid=544 (476 words)

	Merrick House Controversy in Coral Gables...
		The family home of Coral Gable’s founder George Merrick is so sedate, set back among the stately trees with its columns and coral rock, and blends in so naturally in its historic neighborhood that you’d hardly know it’s there.
		Slesnick wants Merrick House “to be like it used to be — a vibrant, living place” where receptions and meetings are held, as it was as recently as 10 years ago.
		Regardless of what should be restored first, Merrick House “belongs to the people,” says Arva Moore Parks, the historian who originally spearheaded the effort to restore Merrick House back in the mid-1970s.
	www.miamisunpost.com /archives/2006/12-21-06/seventhstoryfrontpage.htm (856 words)

	Special Events - George Merrick Foundation of Coral Gables, Florida
		Proceeds from the Bicycle Tour will go towards the commission of a statue of George Merrick to be erected at Merrick Park as a permanent tribute the to man who created Coral Gables, the City Beautiful.
		The Merrick Monument Project is an undertaking of the Coral Gables Garden Club in cooperation with the George Merrick Foundation, inc., and the Boy Scouts of Troop 7.
		Led by noted local historian, Dr. Paul George, the tour begins at City hall and winds a leisurely path through the tree-lined streets of the City Beautiful.
	www.georgemerrick.org /BicycleTour2002.html (374 words)

	Florida Vacation, Travel & Entertainment Information — City: Coral Gables- by VISIT FLORIDA
		Coral Gables was the result of the efforts of George Merrick, who dreamed of creating a small community close to the rapidly expanding City of Miami.
		Merrick sold the citrus groves he had inherited to investors and began developing the area in 1921.
		The Village of Merrick Park is a Mediterranean-style village featuring a fashionable collection of 115 luxury boutiques and restaurants set amid a delightful tropical garden.
	www.visitflorida.com /cms/e/city_coral_gables.php (305 words)

	Amazon.com: Old Times on the Upper Mississippi: Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 (Fesler-Lampert ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		George Byron Merrick chronicles the entire panorama of steamboat life he experienced in the mid-1800s, where he started as a cabin boy and worked up to cub pilot on the mighty Mississippi.
		Merrick's "Old Times on the Upper Mississippi" does the same from St. Louis to the head of navigation at St. Paul, and it does so in a readable and personable style that keeps the reader interested.
		George Merrick relates his personal experiences as a steamboat pilot during the heyday of steamboating with stories about the boats, towns, and people of the stretch of river between St. Louis and St. Paul.
	www.amazon.com /Times-Upper-Mississippi-Recollections-Fesler-Lampert/dp/0816639434 (1448 words)

	Local News - Miami's Community Newspapers On Line
		After the infamous hurricane of 1926, George Merrick and architect Phineas Paist designed and built a special log cabin for the scouts on what would later become the Granada Greenway.
		Merrick established the foundation to maintain the Scout property and to promote Scouting in Coral Gables.
		These "George Merrick Days" fundraising events will generate donations to make improvements to the foundation's Boy Scout House and property located at 1107 S. Greenway Dr. The Scout House is home to Boy Scout Troop 7, Girl Scout Troop 771 and Cub Scout Pack 7.
	www.cnews2.8k.com /may00/may9/local4.htm (278 words)

	FLORIDA IN THE 1920's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Governor was stunned at the plans of developer George Merrick to construct the massive Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
		The greatest en visionary of the Florida dream was architect and developer George Merrick, the man who designed the suburb of Coral Gables.
		Merrick even started the one thing booming Miami couldn't get from Tallahassee -- a college, when Merrick started the largest private university in the South, the University of Miami.
	www.floridahistory.org /history/1920's.htm (3158 words)

	H-Net Review: Astrid Whidden on Coral Cables Miami Riviera: An Architectural Guide
		For anyone interested in the founding and building of the community planned by George Merrick in Coral Gables, Florida, this is an invaluable guide to use for a journey through this beautiful area.
		The concept which Merrick relied on was the premise that a city should be holistic in its goals to include all factions of the community's development and, as the authors point out, Coral Gables "is unique in America in the completeness of its original concept and plan as a suburban community" (p.
		Thus, Merrick accomplished his initial dictate to create this unique atmosphere in the sub-tropical region of southern Florida.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=276391095165808 (689 words)

	Travel, Tourism and Urban Growth in Miami: Architecture and Design
		Developer George Merrick created perhaps the most successful and enduring planned community in South Florida: Coral Gables.
		The foundation of this 1920s suburb was its unique architecture set in a tropical landscape.
		Merrick hired a team of architects, including his cousin H. George Fink, Beaux-Arts designer Walter de Garmo, and Philadelphian Phineas Paist to oversee all aspects of design.
	scholar.library.miami.edu /miamidigital/architecture.html (151 words)

	Shows A - Z : TV Specials : Coral Gables / Merrick House : Home & Garden Television
		George Merrick's mother, Althea, selected the Florida-native coral rock that made the perfect building blocks for their home.
		His bungalow, built of local pine and coral rock, proved to be a style well fitted for Miami's tropical climate with steeply pitched, overhanging roofs, and many doors and windows that allowed cross ventilation.
		More than a century after George Merrick first came to Florida, Coral Gables remains the "city beautiful" of his dreams -- a dream born of humble beginnings and great hope, nurtured in a simple bungalow.
	www.hgtv.com /hgtv/spcl_prsntn/article/0,1805,HGTV_3909_1659560,00.html (326 words)

	Merrick and Co. \| Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
		Sears Merrick was a West Point instructor trained in engineering when he got the itch to pull up stakes and put his schooling to work...
		Merrick and Company recently announced the opening of an expanded ethanol recovery plant at the Coors Brewing Company that will double current ethanol production levels.
		Officials at the Village of Merrick Park announced Monday that the Village of Merrick Park has settled its federal antitrust lawsuit against the owners of...
	www.allbusiness.com /merrick-co/3055653-1.html (1015 words)

	George Merrick House - Miami - visitor information, travel planning, Free George Merrick House Activities, George ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The house is filled with Merrick family artwork, photos, furniture, and memorabilia.
		This is the historic boyhood home of George Merrick, the founding father of Coral Gables.
		In the 1920s, Merrick designed many of the elegant mansions that can be found in this tree lined, upscale neighborhood.
	www.homeandabroad.com /viewSiteDetails.ha?mainInfoId=7206 (289 words)

	South Florida Real Estate - Avatar Real Estate Services, LLC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Inspired by the architectural style of the Mediterranean, George Merrick envisioned a city that would look like no other.
		Inside, residents are welcomed into a private lobby that is elegant yet modern in its grandeur.
		Residents will enjoy the ultimate in amenities, with a lushly landscaped lanai deck with tropical pool on the fifth level, from which to sun, swim and enjoy the magnificent South Florida breezes.
	www.avatarflorida.com /55_MERRICK.asp (254 words)

	Playbill News: Walton, Lewis and Merrick to Head Cast of North Shore's Damn Yankees
		Jim Walton, Shannon Lewis and George Merrick will head the cast of the classic musical as, respectively, Mr.
		George Merrick starred in the national tour of Carousel and has also appeared in regional productions of Oklahoma!, Brigadoon, Violet, Urban Myths and Cabaret.
		Directed by George Abbott with musical numbers staged by Bob Fosse, the original cast included Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass and Ray Walston.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/98341.html (608 words)

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