sentences:  In 1898, John Brinzell became the first settler in southern Dade County, building the first house south of Cutler (now Palmetto Bay) near what is now Silver Palm Drive and SW 157th Avenue (Newton Road).Brinzell acted as a broker locating pioneer settlers on homestead claims in the area.The pioneer homesteaders, living in tents and lean-tos, began clearing and farming their land.