SPANISHTOWN CREEK
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debbado
N 27° 56.278 W 082° 27.872
17R E 355912 N 3091193
Located on Bay Street, just North of Bayshore Blvd.
Waymark Code: WM7CN0
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2009
Views: 22
At this site on a small stream was located the first settlement of Tampa Bay. Its inhabitants were Spanish-Cuban fishermen and straw-hat makers. It is believed they settled here toward the end of the eighteenth century during Spain's second rule of Florida. When the Americans arrived in 1824 and established Fort Brooke, these early settlers were living in palmetto thatched huts and carried on a brisk trade with wandering Cubans who sailed into the bay. Spanishtown Creek is the true genesis of Tampa.
Marker Number: not listed
Date: not listed
County: Hillsborough
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: The Ybor City Rotary Club
Website: Not listed
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