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The Rough Riders Passed By Here Marker image, Touch for more information
By Mike Stroud, December 13, 2008
The Rough Riders Passed By Here Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — The Rough Riders Passed By Here
On June 3, 1898, when Tampa was a cluster of old weather beaten houses floating on an ocean of sand, Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders disembarked from their seven train convoy in Ybor City, five miles from Tampa City Hall. They . . . Map (db m15569) HM
2 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — The Rough Riders Rode By Here1898
The intersection of Seventh Avenue and Twentysecond Street was a sandy cross-road connecting three army encampments in the Ybor City area during the Spanish-American War. At this cross-road was located a water-trough where the Rough Riders . . . Map (db m33805) HM
3 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — Tampa Bay Hotel
On June 14, 1898, Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and the First United States Volunteer Cavalry, known as the Rough Riders, embarked from Port Tampa for victory in the Spanish-American War. The Tampa Bay Hotel was used as headquarters for . . . Map (db m20160) HM
4 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — Rough Riders EncampmentJune 1898 Reported missing
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, this area, a sand flat without a tree, but surrounded by an extensive forest, was the camp site of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, the most unusual regiment in the history of the U. S. Army. . . . Map (db m130109) HM
5 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — The Buffalo Soldiers in Tampa Heights1898
African-Americans have served valiantly in all of America's wars. Although black soldiers fought and died in previous conflicts, they were not permitted to enlist as army regulars until after the Civil War. Organized into separate infantry and . . . Map (db m32837) HM
6 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — F-42 — Tampa as Port of Embarkation for Spanish American War
From April to June, 1898, Tampa served as port of embarkation for U.S. troops on their way to Cuba. Some 30,000 troops arrived in Tampa and 16,000 embarked from Port Tampa on June 7. The Tampa Bay Hotel was headquarters for the force's leaders . . . Map (db m13635) HM
7 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — Rough Riders
(Front face) 1 [Crossed Sabres Emblem] 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment Rough Riders Park Dedicated March 1, 2003 Ybor City, Tampa, Florida (Top Plaque) "You Triumphed Over Obstacles Which Would . . . Map (db m32795) HM
8 Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa — United Spanish War VeteransTampa's 203 mm Spanish American War Gun
( North face ) This spot was headquarters for Roosevelt Rough Riders. Wheeler Cavalry and the First Florida Troops 1898 ( Northeast face ) This war brought the blue of the cold bleak north and the gray of the . . . Map (db m19979) HM
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