by
A.M. de Quesada
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 1999
In 1885, Vicente Mart�nez Ybor purchased 40 acres of land northeast of Tampa, and there he began the cigar industry that would soon draw thousands of immigrants to Ybor City. The diverse population of the area, known as Tampa�s �Latin Quarter,� came from Cuba, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Eastern...