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Gateways to the Caribbean

Mapping the Florida-Cuba Connection

Tampa Bay History Center, Touchton Map Library, 1889, Map of North America Showing Direct Passenger Transportation Lines between the United States, Mexico, The West Indies, Central and South America, also Illustrating the Geographical position of Florida and Location of the Railroad, Steamboat and Steamship Lines of the Plant System for Commerce with other States and the Countries South and East of the Gulf of Mexico

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Tampa’s historic cemeteries: The lives before us

Beneath the sandy soil in Tampa’s cemeteries lie thousands of people who knew this city before we did. They worked in its factories, raised children in its neighborhoods and buried...

The 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane: then and now

For Tampa residents, a hurricane begins affecting daily life before its wind reaches the bay. In 1921, warnings arrived through telegraph lines and the morning newspaper. Today, forecasts...

3 Tampa landmarks and their local legends

Mysterious faces in hotel windows, a figure in military uniform and a special movie theater seat visited by an apparition in a fedora. Legend has it that music and laughter can be heard...