At first the new settlement was called Jimtown, since among the few residents there were 4 men who went by the name of Jim, but when Jim Palmer opened the post office in 1890, it was renamed Miami in honor of his wife, a Myaami Indian. Incidentally, in the local dialect the name is pronounced "Mai-ehm-ah". When the mining of lead and zinc started in 1905, the small town boomed and large, magnificent buildings were built, which from today's perspective appear much too large for the small town.
Waylan's Ku Ku Burger in Miami
In the 1960s, the first fast food chains emerged, like the Kuku Drive In, which existed about 200 times in the Midwest. But suddenly all the pretty restaurants in the form of a huge cuckoo clock with the bird calling every hour were gone again, except for the last example that can be found here in Miami.
Coleman Theatre
Mining millionaire George L. Coleman decided in 1929 to build an elegant Spanish-style theater, which is still in operation today. Guided tours through the interior of the building, which was listed as a monument in 1983 and is really worth seeing, take place several days a week. Coleman truly spared no expense or effort to represent the glory days with dignity.
Ribbon Road between Miami and Afton
Between Miami and Afton is the last surviving passage of Ribbon Road (striped street), now even classified as a monument. The course of the route still leads around the square plots of land with all sorts of 90° curves and dates back to a time before the introduction of Route 66. Since the budget was tight, only half the width of the road was paved, which was better than only half the distance fortify, especially since in the early 1920s the volume of traffic was still so low that one rarely had to dodge the gravel.
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