Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa, Florida, USA

Exhibits include coverage of the Tampa Bay area’s first native inhabitants, Spanish conquistadors, and a reproduction of a 1920s cigar store.

Tampa Bay History Center: 801 Water St, Tampa, Florida, USA

Set sail with explorers and pirates in the History Center’s Treasure Seekers gallery, journey through the everglades with Florida Seminoles, ride along with a cattle drive, and roam the brick streets of Ybor City with immigrant cigar rollers.

The history museums always start with Indians.

The European Contact

Time the Europeans came to Tampa Bay, Florida.

Florida Indians are Seminoles

Florida Indians were gathered and sent to Oklahoma State.

For Tampa, tourism was the first business

Then the next big thing was producing the cigar

Cigar making building

How Tampa became the cigar city?

Mr. Plant created a transportation center in Tampa, so it was easy to transfer goods.  Also, many Cubans escaping the war in Cuba settled in Tampa with cigar-making knowledge.

The Cubans settled Tampa established Ybor City for making cigars.

In Florida, cattle production is a big business.

Tampa is a big port city

Florida has a large seafood harvest business

Florida and agriculture

Florida has many sports teams

Florida served in many wars

Treasure seekers — sea explorer

Navigating by the stars

A special exhibition on Cuban Pathways

This is a typical boat Cubans use across the sea to the US.

Crossing Items