Opa-locka Thoroughbreds         

(This page under construction, more coming including photos)                   

Opa-locka is one of the Curtiss-Bright Cities developed by Glenn Curtiss and James Bright.  For a history of the Curtiss-Bright cities, see The Curtiss-Bright Cities Hialeah, Miami Springs, & Opa Locka by Seth H. Bramson, a wonderful paperback with lots of photos, available for $4.00 from Amazon.  For a very thorough history of Opa-locka download a copy of A Dream of Araby, (121 pages), available online courtesy of the State University System of Florida.  You can download a copy from my file server here. 

Opa-locka didn't have its own high school so students were bused to Hialeah High School home of the "Thoroughbreds," so named because of  the City of Hialeah's famous racetrack.  [Today, the Hialeah/Miami Lakes Senior High School (home of the Trojans) which was opened in 1971 serves Opa-locka.]  If you lived in Opa-locka  and attended Hialeah High School (or lived in adjacent areas such as Golden Glades and Carol City and rode to school with Opa-locka schoolmates) you are an Opa-locka Thoroughbred.  I am attempting to identify and compile a list all Opa-locka Thoroughbreds. 

The late Don Boyd (Hialeah High Class of 1965) posted a gallery of Opa-locka historical photos at:

http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/memories_opalocka

You can see my current list of Opa-locka Thoroughbreds at:  Click here

Bill Long
Hialeah High School Class of 1959
Comments and corrections are welcome, email: wolong@aol.com