In this video, you will see a walking tour through historical Ybor City, located in Tampa, Florida. Ybor City was founded as an independent town in 1885 by a group of cigar manufacturers led by Vicente Martinez-Ybor and was annexed by Tampa in 1887. The original population was mostly composed of Cuban and Spanish immigrants who worked in the cigar factories. Italian and Eastern-European Jewish immigrants following shortly thereafter, predominantly founding retail shops, farms and grocery stores, and other businesses which catered to the cigar industry. In the late 1890s, residents began founding many different mutual aid societies, civic organizations, and organized labor, helping to create a vibrant local civil society. Ybor City is the location for the popular event, Gasparilla. I hope that you enjoy this video.
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