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MIAMI SPRINGS IGUANA HISTORY World famous South Florida fishing guide Captain Charlie Thompson brought back 3 iguanas from a South America trip & presented them to Glenn Curtiss’s Hialeah Zoo in the early 1920’s. In 1924 the zoo was moved from the north bank of the Miami Canal to the south side (now Hook Square in Miami Springs). The iguanas promptly escaped & now number in the thousands. This slow motion video of a giant iguana was recently taped on nearby Canal St in Miami Springs just up the

MIAMI SPRINGS MINI GRAND CANYON Inside the mysterious clay pit today in Miami Springs showing the carved cliffs of calcium carbonate pumped from the water treatment plant on Okeechobee Road in Hialeah. | Miami Springs Historical Society and Museum

6.9K views · 14 reactions | If you are at all familiar with Miami Springs you already know about the landmark Circle on Curtiss Parkway in the downdown area. This short clip takes you aroud the other 3 circles at these intersections: South Drive at Pincrest Drive, LaBaron Drive at DeSoto Drive, and Glendale Drive at Beverly Drive. | Miami Springs Historical Society and Museum | Facebook