Explore the history of Coconut Grove, the land across from the light, with HistoryMiami Museum’s Resident Historian, Dr. Paul George. Hear accounts of some of the Grove’s early settlers, including the Beasley, Frow, and Pent families and of Dr. Horace Porter, whose opening of a post office gave the area its name. Visit The Barnacle, Commodore Ralph Munroe’s home built during the Era of the Bay, and see Dinner Key, the former site of Pan American’s Seaplane Base.

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