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In 1907, Alfred Swann and Eugene Holtsinger constructed the original section of seawall and roadway extending from Swann Avenue to Rome Avenue. This initial section, which was called Bayshore Drive, served Suburb Beautiful, the first residential d…
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??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 war-sl…
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Dobyville, named for long-time resident Richard Cornelius Doby, was also known as West Hyde Park. By the 1920's, Dobyville was one of Tampa's primary African-American neighborhoods. The approximate historic boundaries went from Gray Street on the …
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CommemoratingThe world's first scheduledcommercial airlinenear this site.St. Petersburg to TampaJan 1, 1914Pilot of Benoist AirboatTony JannusP.E. Fansler, OwnerErected Feb 1956 by theTampa Federation ofGarden Club CirclesThrough airbreathes the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRS_the-spanish-fort_Tampa-FL.html
In 1891 upon the completion of the Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry B. Plant recovered two Civil War cannon from across the Hillsborough River at the site of Old Fort Brooke. With his landscape architect Anton Fiehe, Mr. Plant placed the cannon over a limes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMN5_old-schoolhouse_Tampa-FL.html
Built circa 1855 by Gen. Jesse Carter for his daughter Josephine. He employed Mrs. Louisa Porter as teacher. The first class included Josephine Carter, Janie Givens, Mary Lesley, Mary Kelly, Eugenia Spencer, Lizzie Spencer and Hayden Porter. Jessi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMLR_hutchinson-house_Tampa-FL.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational RegisterOf Historic PlacesBy The United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKP_dominican-proto-martyrs-of-america_Tampa-FL.html
Near this spot on Tampa BayFather Louis CancerandThree ReligiousIn search of a mission site in lands ofthe Timucuan and Caloosa Nations underRoyal Order of Phillip II of Spainsuffered martyrdom at hands ofhostile Indians.
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…
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1539 1926[ DAR Emblem ]This Tablet Erected By De Soto ChapterD.A.R.Marks the tree under which tradition say'sDe SotoParleyed with the Indians
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