south tampa relocation: Moving to Tampa, Info that will help those relocating to Tampa FL
- 12/28/07 12:51 AM
Tampa means “stick of fire” and is the name given to the area by the Caloosa Indians who roamed Southern Florida before the advent of the white man. Until about 1750, the Tampa Bay area was largely ignored by Spanish explorers because the Indians were “too difficult to conquer and too stubborn to convert.” Settlement in Tampa began with the establishment of Fort Brooke in 1824. After the Second Seminole War, county officials were elected, a courthouse was constructed, a newspaper was published, banks opened and commerce began to prosper. In 1885, Henry B. Plant brought the railroad to Tampa, which … (2 comments)
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Tampa means “stick of fire” and is the name given to the area by the Caloosa Indians who roamed Southern Florida before the advent of the white man. Until about 1750, the Tampa Bay area was largely ignored by Spanish explorers because the Indians were “too difficult to conquer and too stubborn to convert.”
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