Tampa Florida, owes a great deal of its growth and prosperity to a
Cuban cigar manufacturer named Vicente Martinez Ybor. When the Cuban
Revolution, broke out in 1869, he was forced to flee his country
and moved his business to south Florida. Sixteen years later, serious
5 problems caused him to seek a better location along the west coast
of the state. His original land purchase of sixteen blocks expanded
to more than one hundred acres near Tampa. This newly developed area
was called Ybor City in his honor. With the demand for factory workers
for Ybor's business, the surrounding areas expanded and thrived.
1. Where is Ybor City located?
2. In what year was Ybor forced to leave south Florida?
3. Why will people probably continue to remember Ybor's name?
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