Profile_bird

Hey there! TampaBayHistory is using Twitter.

Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What's happening? Join today to start receiving TampaBayHistory's tweets.

Already using Twitter
from your phone? Click here.

TampaBayHistory

  1. Happy Halloween from TBHC!!! 12:58 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck
  2. Today in 1861, Captain James McKay’s steamer, the Salvor, was impounded by the Federal Government and he was taken as a prisoner of war. 12:56 PM Oct 31st from TweetDeck
  3. Today in 1891, a bucket brigade sent by residents defeated a fire threatening to destroy much of Clear Water Harbor (today’s Clearwater). 6:16 AM Oct 30th from TweetDeck
  4. Today in 1908, St. Petersburg’s first real baseball field opened on the north side of Mirror Lake. 6:08 AM Oct 29th from TweetDeck
  5. Mayor Iorio was here on Monday for the opening of the Tampa Riverwalk's South Plaza, located on the corner of... http://bit.ly/2rGf6 5:55 AM Oct 29th from Facebook
  6. Today in 1968, I-75 (now I-275) opened between downtown Tampa and the present-day junction of I-75 & I-275 north of the Hills.-Pasco border 11:31 AM Oct 28th from TweetDeck
  7. Today in 1819, Henry Bradley Plant, dubbed the father of modern Tampa, was born in Branford, Connecticut. 12:57 PM Oct 27th from TweetDeck
  8. Happy Birthday Teddy Roosevelt! http://bit.ly/c9GNv 6:03 AM Oct 27th from Facebook
  9. Today in 1900, Afro-Cubans formed what would become La Union Martí-Maceo in Ybor City 7:57 AM Oct 26th from TweetDeck
  10. Today in 1866, Edward A. Clark was elected mayor of Tampa in the first legal election held after the close of the Civil War. 11:34 AM Oct 25th from TweetDeck
  11. Local artist Teri Thompson will conduct a pine needle basket weaving demonstration at the History Center this... http://bit.ly/2wpOAB 11:35 AM Oct 23rd from Facebook
  12. Today in 1962, Congress authorized the deepening of Ybor Channel and the Port Sutton turning basin. 7:55 AM Oct 23rd from TweetDeck
  13. Today in 1863, Capt James Westcott refused to free Acting Master’s Mate H. A. Crane's family despite Com A.A. Semmes (USS TAHOMA) pleas. 7:00 AM Oct 22nd from TweetDeck
  14. Today in 1969, writer Jack Kerouac died at the age of 47 in St. Petersburg. 6:50 AM Oct 21st from TweetDeck
  15. Today in 1948, the Rotary Club of Ybor City was organized. 6:21 AM Oct 20th from TweetDeck
  16. Join us this Thursday evening for Florida Conversations featuring environmental photojournalist Carlton Ward, Jr. http://bit.ly/4wN8mA 2:16 PM Oct 19th from Facebook
  17. Today in 1966, groundbreaking began on the $4.4 million Tampa Stadium construction project. 7:03 AM Oct 19th from TweetDeck
  18. Today in 1960, John F. Kennedy spoke to Tampa voters during his presidential campaign at the Hillsborough County Courthouse on Pierce St. 7:35 AM Oct 18th from TweetDeck
  19. Today in 1863, Blockade runners Scottish Chief & Kate Dale burned in the Hillsborough River near today’s Lowry Park Zoo http://bit.ly/1vTnmX 12:11 PM Oct 17th from TweetDeck
  20. @kellyhickman9 Thanks, good catch! 7:02 AM Oct 16th from TweetDeck
  • Name Tampa Bay History
  • Location Tampa, Florida
  • Web http://www.tampab...
  • Bio Follow us for everything going on at TBHC and daily Today in Tampa's History tweets!
44 Following 928 Followers 49 Listed
OMGFacts Hillsborough FL Tampa Spartans Florida Monthly ExploreTampa City Bike Tampa Patel Center @ USF Glazer Museum sticksoffire Barefoot Birth Chris Taylor PastPerfect Software US Holocaust Museum MQT History Museum NM History Museum Brett McMurphy The Florida Aquarium Rich Mullins Walker Brands tampabloggers Wayne Garcia Library of Congress National Archives fieldmuseum AAM brooklynmuseum HistoricalMuseumSFla Whitney Museum Amy Fox Nonprofit Orgs Julia Gorzka Brand Tampa MOSI Museum of Fine Arts FL Holocaust Museum University of Tampa