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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKK_the-rough-riders-rode-by-here_Tampa-FL.html
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 wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKF_hillsborough-river-ferry_Tampa-FL.html
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 ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKB_400th-anniversary-of-the-landing-of-panfilo-de-narvaez_Tampa-FL.html
Commemorating the400th anniversary ofthe landing ofPanfilo de Narvaez,intreped [sic] Spanish Explorerand his four hundred brave companionsThe first white mento set foot upon theshores of Tampa BayApril 15, 1528. ErectedApril 15, 1928in honor of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHY_middleton-senior-high-school_Tampa-FL.html
In 1934 Middleton Senior High School, named for George S. Middleton, opened on 24th and Chelsea Streets in East Tampa as the first high school for African Americans in Hillsborough County. Previously, Booker T. Washington School had accommodated b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMHG_union-raiders-burn-tampa-blockade-runners_Tampa-FL.html
On October 18, 1863, a union task force of 85 soldiers found the "Scottish Chief" and "Kate Dale", celebrated blockade runners, hidden in a remote anchorage in the Hillsborough River, near this site and set the ships afire. Owner-Skipper James McK…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2G_the-krewe-of-the-knights-of-sant-yago_Tampa-FL.html
In 1175, Pope Alexander III, authorized "La Orden Real Sant' Yago" to protect the Pilgrims' Way to the shrine of Santiago (St. James), at Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. Among the Spanish conquerors of America, Ponce De Leon, Panfile De Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM2D_anthony-p-pizzo_Tampa-FL.html
Civic leader and historian, Tony Pizzo, was born in the family home at this location on September 22, 1912. Tony's pride in his community inspired him to research and document history that would have been lost without his efforts. His enthusiasm e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0L_memoria-in-aeterna-1911_Tampa-FL.html
(Front text)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,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM0I_operation-iraqi-freedom-memorial-ii_Tampa-FL.html
(Raised section)A grateful countyhonors the memory of these brave individualsfor their unquestioned valor and sacrificein defense of freedom and libertyduring combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Dedicated 2003Hillsborough County Board of County C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZY_operation-iraqi-freedom-memorial-i_Tampa-FL.html
(Raised section)A grateful countyhonors the memory of these brave individualsfor their unquestioned valor and sacrificein defense of freedom and libertyduring combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Dedicated 2003Hillsborough County Board of County C…