HIALEAH profile picture

HIALEAH

I am here for Friends

About Me

This page is a tribute to the city of Hialeah and those who live here and love it.Have you ever wondered what this city was like back in the days... well this is your opportunity to take a trip into the past...I'd like to Thank WWW.FLORIDAMEMORY.COM and WWW.ICUBAN.COM The majority of the great pictures that I found are courtesy of these sites and I invite you all to visit them. The pictures on this page date back to the early 1920's.Some of the pictures were "Googled" and others come from my personal collection. The info on Hialeah is bits and pieces of info I found on each site and the Official Site for the CITY OF HIALEAH - WWW.HIALEAHFL.GOV...If you're around town, please snap a shot of Hialeah, doesn't matter if its on your cell or camera... and I don't mind that you're in it. Let's leave a legacy to future generations who will live in Hialeah.Let them know that Hialeah was home to us all and a place where we hung out with our family and friends.
.. - Get Your Own
49th STREET

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

HI-A-LE-AHIt's Indian name, meaning "High Prairie," evokes a picture of the grassy plains used by the native Indians coming from the everglades to dock their canoes and display their wares for the new comers of Miami. This "high prairie" caught the eye of pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss and Missouri cattleman James H. Bright who saw its great potential in 1921.WELCOME TO HIALEAH 1921WELCOME TO HIALEAH 2006The opening of Hialeah Park in 1925 as a horse track received more coverage in the Miami media than any other sporting event in the history of Miami up to that time and since then there have been countless horseracing histories played out at the world famous 220 acre park.The Park’s grandeur has attracted millions, included among them are names known around the world such as; the Kennedy family, Harry Truman, General Omar Bradley, Winston Churchill, and J.P. Morgan. Hialeah Park also holds the dual distinction of being an Audubon Bird Sanctuary and being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart said her final good-byes to the continental U.S. from Hialeah as she left on her ill-fated flight around the world in 1937. RACE TRACK TODAYHIALEAH HIGH... LOVINGLY KNOWN AS HAVANA HIGH!! HIALEAH HOSPITAL HIALEAH CITY HALL

My Blog

What's your favorite memory of living in Hialeah???

My favorite memory of Hialeah was cruising 49th on Saturday Nights before you hit the Grove and the Beach. You had to cruise Hialeah Cinema... which no longer exists but used to be right behind Red Lo...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:24:00 GMT