On this site, after the devasting hurricane of 1848, McKay, a native of Scotland, built his first permanent home of finished lumber from Mobile, Ala. Here, with his wife Matilda,they raised their children. McKay was a dominant factor in the . . . — — Map (db m27265) HM
Near this spot on Tampa Bay
Father Louis Cancer
and
Three Religious
In search of a mission site in lands of
the Timucuan and Caloosa Nations under
Royal Order of Philip II of Spain
suffered martyrdom at hands of
hostile . . . — — Map (db m256163) HM
From this point in front of The Tampa Daily Times Building on Nov. 23 1909, was started the Tampa-to-Jacksonville "endurance run" to promote good roads for Florida. Sixteen vehicles, plus the "confetti" pathfinding car and a press car, made . . . — — Map (db m68398) HM
During the era of segregation, there were few options for Tampa's African
American community for burying loved ones. The two city cemeteries,
Oaklawn and Woodlawn, were options, but as funerary practices changed in
the early 20th century, . . . — — Map (db m299551) HM
Col. Peter O. Knight built this cottage at 245 Hyde Park Ave. in 1890, having moved here the year before from Fort Myers. He had married the former Miss Lillie Frierson in 1886. The house now is headquarters of the Tampa Historical Society. Knight . . . — — Map (db m151024) HM
Woodlawn Cemetery was established in the Tampa Heights neighborhood in 1888 by the City of Tampa as its new municipal cemetery. as space at downtown's Oaklawn Cemetery was becoming limited. Like Oaklawn, Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place . . . — — Map (db m283933) HM
The area encompassing The University of Tampa's baseball, track, and soccer facilities was known as Plant Field from
early in the 20th century until the mid - 1970s. Plant Field, named for railroad and hotel magnate Henry B. Plant, served as . . . — — Map (db m46605) HM
This vessel named for Jose Gaspar a gentleman Lieutenant of the Royal Spanish Navy, who achieved great fame as a pirate headquartered on Florida's Gulf Coast.
As leader of a mutinous uprising, Lt. Gaspar seized command of the Spanish . . . — — Map (db m34860) HM
The Price of Progress Picture massive barges, tugboats and trawlers clogging the bay. This was to be the west end of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, where the water enters the Gulf of Mexico. The canal would have impacted Florida's fresh and . . . — — Map (db m167343) HM
(Left panel)
De Soto Trail
1539-1540
You are standing along the historic route of the conquistador Hernando de Soto and his expedition through the Florida Native American territories in his quest for gold and glory. . . . — — Map (db m126570) HM
At the nearby junction of Jackson Street and the Hillsborough River was the east bank docking site of the Tampa Ferry, the only means of crossing the river in pioneer days. The ferry was an open deck, flat barge, hand pulled by means of a steel . . . — — Map (db m216191) HM
Since the first wave of B-18 Super Heavy Bombers arrived at MacDill in 1940, the base has seen a remarkable variety of America's finest military aircraft. MacDill's first mission included transitional training on the B-17 Flying Fortress. After . . . — — Map (db m34132) HM
1539 1926
[ DAR Emblem ]
This Tablet Erected By
De Soto Chapter
D.A.R.
Marks the tree under which tradition say's
De Soto
Parleyed with the Indians — — Map (db m20789) HM
Born in Valencia, Spain on September 7, 1818 and died in Ybor City on December 14, 1896 and buried at Oaklawn Cemetery in downtown Tampa.
In 1853 at an early age the adventurous Spaniard left his native land and traveled to Cuba which was . . . — — Map (db m171087) HM
In memory of
Angus R. Goss
Native Tampan, killed in action during World War II
at
New Georgia Islands on July 20, 1943 while serving in
the 1st Marine Raider Division
Received the Navy Cross and was cited for the
Congressional . . . — — Map (db m43836) HM
Before the railroad to Lake Maitland, travelers boarded a steamboat in Jacksonville for the trip up the St. Johns River to Sanford. The St. Johns River is one of only three rivers in the United States that flows from south to north. Landing at . . . — — Map (db m52452) HM
Benjamin Field
In 1896, this land was gifted to the City of West Tampa as a public park by George N. Benjamin, a prominent entrepreneur & early West Tampa leader. The park was built & 2 year later it was used by Theodore Roosevelt & the . . . — — Map (db m136019) HM
The Historical Society of Anna Maria Island Museum
Built in 1920 as an ice house on 402 Pine Avenue, the building was subsequently used as city hall, the police department, a firehouse and the Turtle House before the Society renovated . . . — — Map (db m72447) HM
On November 24, 1909 the "Autoists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" reached the "Turn Around Checkpoint" at the Jacksonville City Hall which was located at this exact site. The location marked the halfway point for the "Drivers and . . . — — Map (db m58574) HM
On the evening of June 9, 1898, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, "The Rough Riders," were ordered to leave their encampment (approximately one mile northwest of here) and proceed to Port Tampa
(on the eastern shore of Old Tampa Bay) as part . . . — — Map (db m236683) HM
Emelia and Chester W. Chapin of New York settled in Tampa in 1891. The Chapins were instrumental in helping develop the bay shore and the city of Tampa. They purchase 110 acres of land three miles south of the city limits of Tampa. On October 12, . . . — — Map (db m215679) HM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom, Tampa's oldest Conservative congregation, was founded in 1903, at the home of J. L. Mairson, with 20 families. The goal was to serve the Jewish community by providing a religious, educational and social gathering place in . . . — — Map (db m69949) HM
Gordon Keller was a beloved citizen of Tampa -- City official, merchant, civic leader, friend -- from 1883 until his death, July 10, 1909. A grief-stricken community subscribed funds to build "a permanent monument" to him, and Gordon Keller Memorial . . . — — Map (db m69977) HM
Organized in 1901, the German-American Club was one of the few non-latin ethnic clubs in Tampa. Club members laid the cornerstone for a building on the northeast corner of Nebraska Avenue and 11th Avenue on February 23, 1908, followed by a . . . — — Map (db m32372) HM
This distinguished native Tampan served with courage, honor and personal sacrifice as an army surgeon during WWII. He was captured and made a prisoner of war when the Japanese overran the Philippines. Afflicted with Beri-Beri and other diseases he . . . — — Map (db m215678) HM
This structure was once the home of Richard Doby, founder of
Dobyville and benefactor to its namesake school. Built around 1912,
the home was occupied by Doby and his family for several decades.
The Dobyville area, in the northern section of the . . . — — Map (db m297250) HM
In 1908 John Drew built this cigar factory for Andres Diaz and company of New York. One of the most modern of its day, it produced fine Havana cigars under the labels Terreno, Flor de A. Diaz and La Flor de Scott. West Tampa was . . . — — Map (db m47001) HM
Desde esta escalinata
En el año 1893
José Martí
Apóstol de la Libertad
de Cuba
Con elocuentes palabras
pidió a los tabaqueros
Cubanos emigrados que le
ayudasen a conquistar la
independencia de su país,
aportando hombres, . . . — — Map (db m14431) HM
L'Aria della Figlia Muta, known as The Mermaid Fountain, was created by Nancy Goodheart Matthews in 1993. In 1995 the Smithsonian Institution chose to register this artwork as a sculpture in their inventory of American artists in public and private . . . — — Map (db m277827) HM
Clarissa 'Clara' Harlowe Barton traveled through Tampa, in 1898, on her way to and from Cuba during the Spanish American War. Barton often stayed at the home of J. Mack Towne, which was located just north of this marker at 350 Plant Avenue. There . . . — — Map (db m156548) HM
This monument, originally in Oldsmar, was one of two dedicated on January 2, 1921 to mark the beginning and end of the Nation's first "Road to Remembrance" constructed after World War One. They memorialized the 105 men and one woman from . . . — — Map (db m101644) HM
Near this location, Federico Arnavat founded Las
Novedades (The Novelties), the first candy store
and ice cream shop in Ybor City. Arnavat started
his business before the turn of the 20th century,
taking advantage of Ybor City’s growing . . . — — Map (db m171393) HM
Alfred Reuben Swann was born and raised in Tennessee. After wintering in Tampa, he foresaw a bright future for the community. In 1905, he began living in Tampa much of the year and became a major figure in the city's residential and commercial . . . — — Map (db m69882) HM
On January 1, 1914, the "aeroplane" was demonstrated as a viable means of commercial transportation with the inaugural flight of the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line, the world's first regularly scheduled commercial airline. Piloted by Tony H. . . . — — Map (db m140622) HM
Fortune and Benjamin Taylor were brought to Florida from South Carolina in the 1850s. They were owned by the Howell family. At the end of the Civil War, the newly freed couple were among the first African Americans to legally marry. Freedom came to . . . — — Map (db m120259) HM
Salt (sodium chloride, chemically NaCl) shares an ancient history with mankind, going back centuries and through countless civilizations. Salt acts both as a desired food seasoning, and as a useful preservation agent to retard food spoilage. The . . . — — Map (db m214935) HM
1884 “Gainesville, Rocky Point & Micanopy Railway” chartered
1895 RR company sold to L.L. Hill, renamed “The Gainesville and Gulf Railway Company”; construction began in July. Later in 1895 the RR from Gainesville to Micanopy opened (12 . . . — — Map (db m175527) HM
On the morning of June 9, 1898, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, “The Rough Riders,” disembarked from an empty coal train (approximately 1 mile east of here) joining 16,000 U.S. Army troops mobilizing in Port Tampa for the invasion of . . . — — Map (db m296630) HM
On the morning of June 9, 1898, the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, "The Rough Riders," disembarked from an empty coal train (approximately 1 mile east of here) joining 16.000 US Army troops mobilizing in Port Tampa for the invasion of Cuba . . . — — Map (db m296640) HM
Jimi Hendrix is one of the most influential musicians and guitarists of the 20th century. His legacy, dedication, and passion for music transcends all boundaries and brings people from all walks of life together. He played two nights here in Tampa, . . . — — Map (db m146029) HM
Somewhere along the shores of Tampa Bay during the summer of 1549, Catholic priest (from the Dominican Order) Fray Luis Cancer de Barbastro, fellow Dominican priest Fray Diego de Tolosa, and an oblate named Fuentes, were killed by a group of local . . . — — Map (db m182183) HM
The name Gary was officially recognized with the establishment of the Gary post office in 1898. The official plat of "Gary-Town" was recorded in May 1903. The Gary neighborhood included both Gary-Town and Spanish Park, located to its east. The . . . — — Map (db m33926) HM
This hallowed ground, set aside as a town burial site in 1850 for rich and poor, whites and slaves alike, is the resting place for many of Tampa's founding fathers, mayors, and county officers.
This cemetery serves as the resting place for a . . . — — Map (db m135975) HM
Memorial Park Cemetery was established in 1919 to serve as the final resting place for deceased African Americans who fought in recently-ended World War I. Segregation practices of the time prohibited Black funerals in the growing number of . . . — — Map (db m254063) HM
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The Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York, came to Florida in the 1930s. They founded hospitals in Miami, West Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, and Tampa, including St. Anthony’s in St. Petersburg and St. Joseph’s in Tampa. The Franciscan . . . — — Map (db m208931) HM
Who were the Tocobaga?
The Tocobaga were Native Americans who lived in villages around Tampa Bay dating to about A.D. 1000. They lived near the water's edge where they subsisted on a wide variety of fish, shellfish, wild game, and a variety . . . — — Map (db m256808) HM
What is now known as the Martí Colón Cemetery was once two separate
cemeteries. Martí Cemetery, which dates from the 1890s, is the older of
the two and is located on the northern end of the property.
That cemetery once extended through today's . . . — — Map (db m299550) HM
Cespedes Hall served the people of West Tampa from 1895 to 1898. During that short time. the large, elegant wooden structure was home to a Cuban patriotic society. La Sociedad Patriotica Cespedes de West Tampa, which funded the $20.000 construction . . . — — Map (db m264440) HM
Port Tampa's Mount Zion AME Church was founded in 1889 by members of
the new city's Black community, many of whom were likely new to the
area and worked for Henry Plant's shipping businesses. Port Tampa owed its
existence to Plant, who the year . . . — — Map (db m308118) HM
One of the most important, but lesser-known, fashion designers in Tampa's
history lived and worked in a small home near this location, at 1514 Jefferson
Street, during the 1920s. Ann Lowe made dresses for Tampa's elite, including
several . . . — — Map (db m301140) HM
When the 20th century began, medical care facilities for Tampa's black citizens were still non-existent. Clara Frye began caring for the sick and injured blacks in her three-room home in 1908. The financial struggles she faced on trying to . . . — — Map (db m151031) HM
Replica Naval Mounts
Manufactured for
The Friends of Plant Park
The Citizens of Tampa, Hillsborough County
and The University of Tampa
Dedicated to
The original inhabitants, soldiers, sailors and
settlers who with blood sweat and . . . — — Map (db m20000) HM
In the ponds in front of you one of the richest Ice-Age fossil discoveries in the world took place in 1983-84. When amateur paleontologists reported a large accumulation of fossils to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Leisey Shell Pit and . . . — — Map (db m120625) HM
The historic Jackson Boarding House was originally constructed as a private residence by Moses and Sarah Jackson in the late 1890s. It was converted by the family for use as a boarding house, with the Jacksons living in the home as well. That . . . — — Map (db m229558) HM
In 1913, Jessamine Link established Magnolia Troop One, the second Girl Scout Troop in the United States. This was just one year after Juliette Gordon Low organized the country's first Girl Scout troop in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. What is now Hyde . . . — — Map (db m101550) HM
This memorial highway is reverently dedicated as a “Road of Remembrance” to those who gave their lives for liberty in the World War 1917-18 by the people of Tampa and Hillsborough County through the Tampa Rotary Club - 1921 - James Adams • . . . — — Map (db m214933) WM
Port Tampa City, along with the City of Tampa a few miles to the
north, were flourishing just before the turn of the 20th century.
Both cities were growing rapidly along the railroad tracks
and among the cigar factories that created times of . . . — — Map (db m308145) HM
Vincente Martinez-Ybor, a wealthy Spanish
cigar manufacturer from New York and
Key West, began development of Ybor City
in 1885. On April 12,1886, 500 Cuban cigarmakers
boarded the sidewheeler Hutchinson in
Key West and sailed for Tampa. . . . — — Map (db m31712) HM
Spanish-American War
The emergence of the United States
as a world power
U.S. First Volunteer Cavalry
“Rough Riders”
The Spanish-American War 1898
“Do what you can, with what you have, where . . . — — Map (db m197655) WM
From the sidewalk in this Franklin St. neighborhood, the Rev. Dr. Billy Graham forty years ago launched his worldwide Christian evangelistic crusade, exhorting derelicts, drunks and "Skid Row" bums. Since then he has preached to more people than any . . . — — Map (db m103245) HM
When local segregation forced the withdrawal
of Afro-Cubans from El Club Nacional Cubano,
an organization of black and white Cubans
involved in Cuban independence, Afro-Cuban
cigarmakers founded a society in 1900 as Los
Libres Pensadores de . . . — — Map (db m31708) HM
During the Second Seminole War (1835-42) the U.S. Army established a cemetery at this site for soldiers, civilian employees, and Indians. In 1883, about 20 soldiers were removed to Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola. In time the grave sites . . . — — Map (db m44689) HM
The City of Tampa first opened a recreation center for African Americans
at this location in August 1946. Prior to this, there were no dedicated
recreation centers for Tampa's Black residents. The main building, designed
in the Art Deco style, . . . — — Map (db m268466) HM
Of all the enduring stories surrounding the history of Tampa's Central
Avenue, the ones most often told are of the musical performances and
headline performers who played in the business district's numerous nightclubs.
National acts such as Cab . . . — — Map (db m301131) HM
WDAE was the first radio station in Florida to be licensed commercially to operate by the Federal Communications Commission. The license was issued May 15, 1922, to The Tampa Daily Times. It aired its first programs that date from the original . . . — — Map (db m130304) HM
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Tampa's oldest surviving junior high, was started here in 1915 with 10 teachers and 259 students. Its longest serving principal, (1933-1960), Miss Pauline Bush, began the county's first school safety patrol during . . . — — Map (db m260927) HM
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, this area was the campsite of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood (Medal of Honor recipient) and later Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
Known as . . . — — Map (db m132476) HM
Located on this site was the former St. Benedict the Moor School, a Catholic school for black children that was one of the most important buildings associated with black history in Tampa. The property was purchased for $600 on March 15, 1900. The . . . — — Map (db m37794) HM
On November 23, 1909, the "Autoists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was located at this exact site. This event ended the first day of driving for the . . . — — Map (db m68316) HM
The Battle of Fort Brooke was a minor engagement fought during the Civil War near Tampa, Florida.
Two Union Navy ships, the USS Tahoma and the USS Adella, bombarded the fort on October 16, 1863. As the conflict continued, the Battle of Ballast . . . — — Map (db m199144) WM
On this site was located the first cemetery for Fort Brooke, a U.S. military post dating from 1824 to 1882. Seminole Indians, soldiers and civilian settlers buried here were excavated by archaeologists in 1980 prior to construction of the parking . . . — — Map (db m44377) HM
The W.T. Edwards Hospital, erected in 1952, was one of three tuberculosis (TB) hospitals built in Florida after World War II, and was funded by a state cigarette tax and federal monies. The other hospitals were in Tallahassee and Lantana. The . . . — — Map (db m72356) HM
Site of Only Land Engagement at Tampa between Confederate & Union Forces, Oct. 17, 1863 A Federal detachment of 124 men from U. S. gunboat Tahoma & Steamer Adela after firing 2 blockade-runners moored upriver fell back under Confederate assault . . . — — Map (db m44740) HM
During the 1920s, over the objections of nearby white homeowners, the city's
leadership allowed the creation of a Black subdivision between 34th Street
and Osborne Avenue. This was next to the original Belmont Heights subdivision.
which was . . . — — Map (db m299541) HM
In 1910, the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
Tampa Chapter No. 113, began to raise funds for a
monument to honor the soldiers and sailors of the
Confederate States of America, The Hillsborough
County Commission granted the chapter, . . . — — Map (db m32979) HM
During most of the era of forced racial segregation, Tampa's Black high school students only had two schools to attend - Booker T. Washington in Ybor City and George S. Middleton in East Tampa.
The post - World War Il population boom prompted . . . — — Map (db m264389) HM
Commemorating
The world's first scheduled
commercial airline
near this site. St. Petersburg to Tampa
Jan 1, 1914
Pilot of Benoist Airboat
Tony Jannus
P.E. Fansler, Owner
Erected Feb 1956 by the
Tampa Federation of
Garden Club . . . — — Map (db m34230) HM
The station of the Plant System was located here in the early days of this budding tobacco center. During the struggle for Cuban Independence Ybor City became a nest of insurgents. Through this station passed conspirators, spies, and many notable . . . — — Map (db m43551) HM
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At its peak in the 1920s, Tampa had 150 cigar factories where 500 million cigars were rolled by hand each year. Tampa was known as the "Cigar Capital of the World." El Reloj is one of Tampa's most famous cigar factories.
When it . . . — — Map (db m236056) HM
Tampa's port is one of its most important economic engines, and for
over a century, the port's longshoremen have been one of the most
significant groups of people who make that engine run smoothly.
Though the dock workers had been represented . . . — — Map (db m301124) HM
WDAE was the first radio station to broadcast in Florida, doing so on May 15, 1922. The Tampa Daily Times was the original license holder, and the first radio studio was located in the Florida Citrus Exchange Building (later part of the Maas . . . — — Map (db m176260) HM
This marker honors Capt. Nathaniel Wyche Hunter, a U.S. Army Officer who was stationed at Fort Brook during the 1830's and believed to be Tampa's first environmentalist.
Hunter recognized the natural beauty of the land around him and admonished . . . — — Map (db m101643) HM
Hyde Park began on February 13, 1886 when O.H. Platt of Hyde Park, Ill., subdivided 20 acres and named it after his hometown. By 1910 Hyde Park with its Georgian and Mediterranean estates had become the most desirable and glamorous residential . . . — — Map (db m75251) HM
Booker T. Washington School was named after the famous African-American educator who, in 1881, founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and who served as principal until his death in 1915. In 1912, at his speech in the Tampa Bay Hotel Casino, a . . . — — Map (db m296251) HM
Hotel and motel accommodations were difficult to find for Black
travelers in the segregated South. Boarding houses and private
residences often filled those needs. but several Black entrepreneurs
also opened and operated hotels and motels for . . . — — Map (db m301107) HM
Francisco Ferlita, a native of Santo Stefano, Sicily, established a bakery on this site in 1896. Bread sold for three cents and five cents, and often on credit. In 1922 the wooden structure was destroyed by fire, and a yellow brick building was . . . — — Map (db m311923) HM
Cuban patriots used this corner for street meetings in 1895. Among the speakers was Orestes Ferrara, young Italian revolutionary. In his Garibaldi red shirt, Ferrara stirred the Cuban exiles to fighting frenzy against Spanish oppression.
The . . . — — Map (db m8939) HM
Erected in 1859, as a residence, by Capt. William Brinton Hooker, on the northwest corner of Madison and East Streets. A Georgia native, he moved to Florida in 1830 and signed its first Constitution in 1839. In 1843 Hooker settled in Hillsborough . . . — — Map (db m28332) HM
Located north of Cass Street, between North Boulevard and the Hillsborough River, Phillips Field was Tampa's primary football and marching band venue for 30 years. The estate of I.W. Phillips transferred the property to the City of Tampa in 1934 to . . . — — Map (db m151026) HM
Hillsborough County
World War I Veterans
1914 - 1918
Adams, James Henry USCG • Ansley, Donald • Badger, Norman PVT-Army • Baker, Ruben • Banta, Fred C Cpl-Army • Barker, John D Army • Barrett, Ryan H Army • Bares, Carl W • . . . — — Map (db m197709) WM
This Hillsborough County park is dedicated to all Americans who valiantly fought and died while defending the United States of America and the principles of freedom, justice and equality for all.
May 30, 1987
Hillsborough County . . . — — Map (db m193195) WM
Palmetto’s historic Memphis neighborhood was originally plotted in 1904 by Robert F. Willis who sold lots to “a number of very desirable people” who built homes in what he named the “Town of Memphis” after his hometown in . . . — — Map (db m100898) HM
In 1933, the City of Tampa bought a 40-acre parcel at this location, later setting aside five acres for a pauper’s cemetery to bury indigent residents. In 1942, the City of Tampa named the cemetery Ridgewood, and it was actively used between 1942 . . . — — Map (db m229560) HM
On November 23-26, 1909, an automobile road race was held to promote the need for “good roads” in Florida. “The Great Endurance Run,” as it was called, was sponsored by “The Tampa Daily Times” under the auspices . . . — — Map (db m3257) HM
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