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A few Tampa residents volunteered to fight alongside Marti in Cuba, and many lost their lives in 1895 during the same skirmish that killed their inspirational leader. [ 24 ] Donations and organizing continued among Tampa's Latin population through 1898, when the US entered the ongoing struggle and it escalated into the larger Spanish–American ...
Ybor City (/ ˈ iː b ɔːr / EE-bor) [2] is a historic neighborhood just northeast of downtown Tampa, Florida, United States.It was founded in the 1880s by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and other cigar manufacturers and populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Cuba, Spain, and Italy.
HABS No. FL-270, "Ybor Cigar Factory, 1916 North Fourteenth Street, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL", 32 photos, 3 color transparencies, 13 measured drawings, 24 data pages, 4 photo caption pages HABS No. FL-271, " Cherokee Club, 1318 Ninth Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL ", 12 photos, 7 measured drawings, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Ybor's cigar factory, c. 1902 Restored casitas (homes for cigar workers in the late 1800s) at the Museum, Ybor City, Tampa. In mid-1886, a large fire in Key West destroyed much of the town and brought hundreds of Cuban and Spanish cigar workers to Tampa seeking employment. This influx began a period of steady growth that would continue for decades.
TAMPA — The Tampa Tribune’s final home, on Parker Street, was razed and replaced a few years ago with apartments after the newspaper was purchased by the Tampa Bay Times in 2016. Now, one of ...
Tampa City Hall Temple Terrace Country Club Leiman House El Centro Asturiano Circulo Cubano (Cuban Club) L'Unione Italiana (The Italian Club) in Ybor Masonic Temple No. 25. M. Leo Elliott (April 4, 1886 – August 1967) [1] was an architect known for his work in Tampa, Temple Terrace and Sarasota, Florida.
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has founded several successful companies. He’s also part owner of the Dallas Mavericks and a star on the popular television show “Shark Tank.” He wouldn ...
Reflecting the government's role in the clubhouse's destruction, the bill requested that Tampa and Ybor City "take any and all steps necessary to preserve the headquarters of La Unión Martí-Maceo and protect it from the consequences of the urban renewal process" [26] In 1997, a historic marker was placed outside the hall by the Tampa ...