TAMPA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of Hillsboro county, See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, U.S.A., in the western See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Hillsborough See also:

• BAY

Bay (the E. See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Tampa Bay), at the mouth of the Hillsborough See also:

• RIVER

river . Pop . (188o) 720; (1890) 5532; (1900) 15,839, of whom 5085 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 4382 were negroes; (1910, U.S. See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 37,782 . It is served by the Tampa See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern, the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast See also:

• LINE

Line and the Seaboard See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

Air Line See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by lines of steamers to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and to the Gulf and Atlantic ports of the See also:

• UNITED

United States . The larger vessels enter at See also:

• PORT

Port Tampa (pop. in 1905, 1049), 9 M. from the city, on the W. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula separating Hillsborough Bay from Old Tampa Bay, the W. branch of Tampa Bay . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to reach See also:

• WATER

water sufficiently deep for the steamers, the railway tracks have been carried by See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth filling about seven-eighths of a mile into the bay . The United States See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government has greatly improved the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, and in 1899 adopted a project (modified in 1905) for constructing a channel 26 ft. deep and 300 ft. wide (500 ft. across the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar) from Port Tampa to the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico; in See also:

• JULY

July 1909 8o per cent. of this See also:

• WORK

work had been completed . In 1905-1908 the channel of Hillsborough Bay was made 20 ft. deep at mean See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low water and 150 ft. wide from the See also:

• LOWER

lower bay to the mouth of Hillsborough river, with a turning See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin at the inner end 450 ft. wide and 1050 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . Tampa Bay has permanent See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-coast defences . Tampa is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal gateway for See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and travel between the United States and the West Indies . Owing to its delightful See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and its attractive situation it has become a favourite See also:

• HEALTH

health resort . Many visitors are attracted by the fishing (especially for tarpon) and See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting in the vicinity, water-See also:

• FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl being plentiful in the Bay, and See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer, See also:

• QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, Low Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, Dan. Vagtel)

quail and See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild turkeys being found in the vicinity inland .

There are large prehistoric See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell-mounds at See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, about 20 M . S.E . Tampa is an important See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping point for See also:

• NAVAL

naval stores and phosphate See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, for vegetables, citrus See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and pineapples, raised in the vicinity, and for See also:

• LUMBER

lumber, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller's earth . The Florida Citrus See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange has its head-quarters here . After the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1898) a large trade with the West Indies See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed . Cattle and See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine lumber are sent to See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, and See also:

• HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and See also:

• FINE

fine grades of Cuban See also:

• TIMBER

timber are imported . There is a large trade with See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras also . The imports increased from $755,316 in 1897 and $490,093 in 1898 (an extremely unfavourable See also:

• YEAR

year owing to the Spanish-American War) to $4,179,464 in 1909; the exports from $820,792 in 1897 and $521,792 in 1898 to $1,344,786 in 1899 and $4,492,498 in 1909; a part of the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house clearings of F.ey West are actually shipped from Tampa . In 1905 the value of the factory product was $11,264,123, an increase of J9 per cent. since 1900 . The principal product is cigars; most of the tobacco used is imported from Cuba, and the manufacturing is done chiefly by Cubans who live in a See also:

• DISTRICT

district known as Ybor City . It is said that more clear Havana cigars are manufactured in Tampa than in Havana . Other manufactures are boilers, foundry products, lumber and fertilizers; and there are two shipyards .

Tampa Bay was the landing-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the expeditions of the Spanish explorers, Pamfilo de See also:

• NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE (c. 148o-1528)
• NARVAEZ, RAMON MARIA (1800-1868)

Narvaez and Hernando de See also:

• SOTO, FERDINANDO [FERNANDO, Or HERNANDO] DE (1496?—1542)

Soto . (See FLORIDA.) In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1824 the United States government established here a fort, Fort See also:

• BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789)
• BROOKE, FULKE OREVILLE, 1ST BARON (1554-1628)
• BROOKE, HENRY (c. 1703-1783)
• BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868)
• BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS (1832– )

Brooke, which was an important See also:

• BASE

base of supplies during the second See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole War, and around it a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement gradually developed . The fort was abandoned in 186o, and its site is now a public See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park . During the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early part of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War a small Confederate force was in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession, but in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862 it was driven out by United States gunboats . Tampa See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew rapidly after the completion of the first railway thither in 1884, and in 1886 it was chartered as a city and became a port of entry . During the Spanish-Amei ican War United States troops were encamped in De Soto Park in Tampa, and Port Tampa was the point of embarkation for the United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army that invaded Cuba .