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| 1873 |
- Julia B. Tuttle purchased 40 acres of land north of the river to stimulate the growth of Miami.
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| 1891 |
- Julia B. Tuttle offered land for a town site to James E. Ingraham, president of the Florida Railroad, if he'd extend his railroad to Miami. Ingraham refused.
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| 1895 |
- After the big freeze in north Florida, Henry Flagler visited Miami to study the possibility of growing oranges here. Julia Tuttle offered Flagler land if he'd agree to extend his railroad to Miami. He accepted and a contract was signed.
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| 1896 |
- April 15: Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad (FEC) passenger service was joyously welcomed to Miami.
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| 1900 |
- The first wagon road was pushed in the area now known as Coconut Grove.
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| 1905 |
- May: Three members of the Tatum family secured a street railway franchise.
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| 1906 |
- July 4: The Tatum brothers purchased the Miami Electric Railway Company.
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July 25: A single car began running from the old FEC depot near Avenue B (now NE 2 Avenue) and 6th Street (now Flagler Street), down to Avenue B and 12th Street, then along 12th Street to the FEC crossing at the courthouse.
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| 1907 |
- September 3: Miami Electric Railway Co. closed for overhaul, never to reopen.
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| 1914 |
- The Miami Traction Company began laying new track.
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| 1915 |
- December 4: The Miami Traction Co. began service with "battery cars." Other bus service operators were spread around the county: Hialeah and northwest Miami were served by Winslow Bus Lines; Miami north and east of Flagler Street was served by Miami Transit Co., run by Freeman & Sons; south of Flagler Street into Coconut Grove was served by Dunn Bus Company.
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| 1919 |
- Carl Fisher and other investors formed the Miami Beach Electric Company and the Miami Beach Railway Co.
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| 1920 |
- Miami Beach Railway Co. began operating a single line linking downtown Miami and south Miami Beach via the County Causeway.
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| 1921 |
- Miami Traction Co. closed down after fire wiped out its fleet. The city of Miami agreed to buy the franchise of the defunct Miami Traction Co., ordering eight single-truck Birney streetcars. The city leased the operation to the Miami Beach Railway Co.
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| 1925 |
- Most of the jitneymen operating within Miami sold out to George B. Dunn who organized two companies: Dunn Bus Service Inc. (in the southern part of town) and Miami Transit Co. (on the northern side), with streetcars still serving the central area.
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| 1926 |
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