Tampa

Ybor City in Florida

by Linda Reynolds

Ybor City is a historic neighborhood just east of Tampa Florida. It was founded in 1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor, a prominent Spanish-born cigar manufacturer and in its peak had 200 cigar factories and rolled 700 million cigars per year. The residents were from Cuba, Italy and Spain making this a very diverse city. Many [...]

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