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“The 83-room luxury hotel was a lavish, rustic-themed lodge with an identity crisis. The Palm Circle Inn opened on March 24, 1926. Two years later, it was rebranded as the Brighton Valley Hotel until 1936 when it became the Brighton Lodge and, finally, the Rainbow Ranch during its final transformation as a camp retreat from 1939 until 1941. In some advertisements, the resort was billed South African-themed to match the savannah-like Indian Prairie grassland. Other times, they sought to embrace the style of the nearby Seminole Tribe. However, the authenticity of either influence was muddled by the totem pole out front and the southwestern-themed Navajo memorabilia that decorated its grand lobby.”

“The friends and business partners were each famous in their own right. [Glenn] Curtiss (though today far less known) was more successful than the Wright Brothers as an inventor, entrepreneur, and pioneer in the world of aviation. Bright was a prominent cattleman, having acquired a ranching empire and contributed many important innovations to the bovine industry in Florida.”

“Their town-building debut was an unmitigated success. They launched the municipality of Hialeah in 1921; it quickly rose to become one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and a regional hub for recreation. Today it is Florida’s sixth-largest city.”