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La Herencia Cubana have Cuban Americans development
played a significant role
of Florida dating back to
in the
En La Florida
Los
on
Florida has
architecture
Many
been profound, ranging from influences
in
and the arts to politics and intellectual thought.
historic sites represent the patriotism, enterprise
cubano-americanos han jugado un papel muy en
significativo
the days of Spanish exploration. Their impact
remonta a impacto de
los
la
el desarrollo
epoca de
cubanos en
dmbito de la arquhectura, las intelectualidad.
Muchos de
los
la
de
Florida,
la
que
se
exploration espahola. El
Florida ha sido profundo en el
la
artes, la cultura, la politica
y
la
lugares aquialudidos son pruebas
and achievements of Cuban Americans and the part they
del patriotismo, la iniciativa y los logros de los cubano americanos
have played in
y
Florida's history.
In 1994, the Florida Legislature funded the Florida
Heritage Trail
between
to increase
Florida
Cuban
awareness of the connections
and Cuba
in the state's history.
The
el
papel que han desempehado en
En 1994
publication de
Cuba y
with the Florida Division of Historical Resources to develop
asistio
guidebook which would represent the contributions of
Cubans and Cuban Americans
la historia
de
este estado.
proportions los fondos para
La Herencia Cubana en
la Florida.
El Comite Asesor de la Herencia
a Ea Division de Recursos Historicos con
que representa
la influencia
Cubana
este proyecto
de cubanos y cubano-americanos
en la Florida.
to Florida.
See Florida Through
Our Eyes.
Florida Heritage publications can be your guides to the best of Florida's historic and cultural places and events. Let us help you learn about Florida's world-class museums, historic communities, archaeological sites, magnificent historic hotels, ethnic festivals
and
traditional arts
FLORIDA HERITAGE Florida Department of State
• Division
and
crafts.
1-800-847-7278
la
la Florida. El
proposito del libro es dar a conocer la conexion historica entre
Cuban Heritage Trail Advisory Committee worked closely
a
la legislatura estatal
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Contents 2
Florida's
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Florida
Cuban Heritage
Cuban Heritage
Trail
Indice Herencia Cubana en
Huellas de
la
3
la Florida
Herencia Cubana
5-59
en la Florida
4-18
Key West
5-19
Cavo Hueso
20-32
Miami
Miami
34-44
Tampa
Tampa
3 5-45
Otros Lugares de Interes
41-59
46-58
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60-61
List of Sites
Florida
62-63
Florida At Large
Cuban
Cuban
& Map of
Heritage Trail
Festivals
and Events
Cuban Culture
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Lista de Lugares y
Mapa
Herencia Cubana en
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Cuban Heritage
Florida's The
between
ties
and Cuba are
Florida
older than the arrival of the
first
much
Cuba's independence continued as Jose Marti
Cuban im-
traveled the state
migrants fleeing Castro's regime in 1959.
The Florida-Cuba connection statehood, and in
is
older than Florida's
dates back to the
fact,
first
championing the cause.
Americans became involved guns and supplies to the
ex-
in the effort,
plorations of Li Florida by the Spanish.
Havana
American
to protect
Maine blew up
in
running
The McKinley
rebels.
administration dispatched the
USS Maine
Havana Harbor
to
When
interests.
the
in 1898,
In the earliest years of Spain's exploration and colonization,
Congress declared war on Spain. U.S. troops were
Cuba
served as a seat of administration
deployed in Tampa, and the
New World.
in the
Tampa Bay Hotel
Here, ships were built, supplied
became the military headquarters. and crewed. After
a
number
also served as a
major training
tempts to colonize Florida by other explorers,
more than 12,000 Hernando de set
Soto, governor of
out on his
Bay
1539.
in
Bobadilla. in
Cuba and La
own journey and landed He had left his wife,
Havana
to serve as the
first
as
Tampa
at
"Camp Cuba
May
Isabel de
female gov-
20, 1902
Florida as
continued to use Havana as
ment. The passengers on the
its
in
el Veinte
ports as far north as San
celebrated de
by Cubans
Cuban Ameri-
many Cuban immigrants came
base of govern-
many
to Florida.
ships that sailed
between Cuba
Cuban
trading vessels were visiting
Marcos de Apalache, south of Tallahassee,
The
arrival of aviation
had
a
profound impact on the relationship
between Florida and Cuba. The
first
regularly scheduled air mail
between Key West and Havana began
service
in 1927.
passed, tourists took advantage of hourly flights from
Spanish and Cuban landowners in Florida carried on a busy trade with
Key West
Cuba
came
in
rum, Mexican and Spanish goods, corn, beans and deerskins.
was ceded
over
cans flocked to Cuba looking for economic
Miami
bringing provisions to Spanish missions such as San Luis de Talimali.
In 1763. Florida
all
Mayo, the day of Cuban
Miami
Torre de la Libertad en
settle in Florida,
and Florida were Spaniards, Indians and Africans, ancestors of some of today's Cubans. In the 1600s,
housing
Libre."
was
opportunity, and it
center,
what became known
independence. Americans and Freedom Tower
and
to explore
soldiers in
Florida,
ernor of a territory in the Western Hemisphere.
As Spain proceeded
Jacksonville
of unsuccessful at-
to Britain
by Spain, and almost
Spaniards. Indians and Blacks evacuated to Havana.
Americans are descendants of these early
all
to
As years
Miami and
Havana, seeking nightlife and exotic beaches. Cubans
to Florida to shop for
American goods. Cuban music, dances
cha-cha-cha. and Latin food became the rage in America.
like the
Many Cuban In 1952, General Fulgencio Batista,
Floridians.
who
had been
living in
Daytona
Beach since 1944, returned to Cuba and deposed President Carlos
The Ten
Years'
major struggle to Florida.
War for
The
in
Cuba
(1868-1878),
independence from Spain, brought
largest exile
community developed
Simultaneously, the tobacco industry in tariffs.
Beginning
in 1868. cigar
new
factories called galeras.
Readers, or
newspapers and
in
island's first
many
refugees
Key West.
Cuba was hampered by
manufacturers and workers came to
Florida, transplanting a
novels,
which was the
kind of industrial organization in
Cigar workers, as a result,
vital in
providing support for the struggle for
for conspiracy
and
a destination for exiles.
Another revolution
in
1959 brought Fidel Castro to power. As he established his dictatorship,
thousands of Cubans
fled to Florida
forever changing the face of Florida.
ended
and particularly Miami,
Commercial
flights
from Cuba
in 1962.
read to the workers from
lectores,
political tracts.
were very well informed, and were
an army coup. Once again, Florida became a headquarters
Prfo in
educating others and
Today the
exile
community
is
more than
throughout Florida's history, the
Cuban independence.
a million strong, as the
exodus from the island continues on boats and make-shift lives of
Cubans and
rafts.
As
Floridians are
profoundly fused. In Miami, Tampa, Key West and throughout In the later part of the nineteenth century, as the leading center for cigar making.
The
Tampa
displaced
Key West
definitive struggle for
Florida,
Cubans have
and everyday
life.
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made
their
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Herencia Cubana en La Florida Los
vi'nculos entre
mucho mas
cubanos en
mucho mas
alia
1959.
antigua que
de
la Florida.
de
la
De
Cuba y la de
Florida se
Uegada de
la
A fines del
remontan
como
los exiliados
La conexion Cuba-Florida es
hecho, se remonta a
la
americanos tambien
exploracion
y colonizacion, Cuba Nuevo Mundo. En
principios de la exploracion
sirvio
como
Cuba
se
envio
sede administrativa del
construyeron
Luego de una
tripularon.
intentos de colonizar
la
gobernador de Cuba y
embarcaciones y
las
serie
Florida.
la Florida,
Hernando de
Cuban coat
Soto.
of
Vitral del
arms
in
cano
stained glass
Tampa en
de Bobadilla, permanecio en La Habana sirviendo en calidad de
soldados
y
De hecho,
fue
la
primera gobemadora de un territorio de
Cuba
nuestro hemisfeno occidental. El
A medida que
progreso
la
exploracion y asentamiento en
muchos navios que navegaban
entre
Cuba y
a la bahia de La
la
mercantes cubanos frecuentaban
los
puertos del
Colfo de Mexico septentrional, por ejemplo San Marcos de Apalache,
al
El
bahia de La Habana,
declaro
la
se convirtio
mayo
de 1902, dia de la Florida.
advenimiento de
relaciones
cubano
la
a
la
y espanoles en
terratenientes criollos
la
un
Florida realizaban
floreciente frijoles
Un numero
de cubano americanos son descendientes de estos floridanos.
nombre de "Campamento
el
mientras que
los
musica cubana y
los
Diez Anos (1868-1878),
importancia contra de refugiados a
asento en
el
dominio espanol,
la Florida.
El
1927. la
Con
vida
A
vinieron a
Cuba
trajo
como
consecuencia una oleada exiliados se
estos acontecimientos ocurn'an.
se vio obstaculizada por la
los bailes, tales
Batista, el
como
los
la
Florida,
trayendo consigo
las galeras,
imposicion de
un nuevo
el
cha-cha-cha y
n particular a
tipo de
grandi'simo impacto en
Hoy
ilia,
I
A exodo
ex-mandatono cubano quien habia estado
estrechamente vinculad
proportional
apoyoa
los tabacaleros
(
^yen la
lucha indcpendcntista
i
ub
Prio.
Cuba v denoc6
Una vez mas.
Miami
la
al
Florida se
y centra de conspiraciones.
La
la!
Esta ultima inmigraci6n produtiria
el
estado.
Losvuel.
(
un
ubaylos
de cubanos en balsas v pequen
temas
estuvieran bien infon
La
cocina latina
comunidad cubano americana cuenta con mas de un millon de
la
continua
in
Habana.
Estados Unidos se suspendieron en 1962
n las tabacaleras Ins lectores
Resultadodi
la
el
las bellas
a La
la Florida.
revolucion castrista de 1959 lanzo a miles de cubanos hacia
entretenian a los trabajadores leyendoles novelas, penodicos o articulos de politicos.
pasar de los ahos.
Estados Unidos.
convirtio en tierra de exiliados cubanos
i
que
la
consecuencia, en 1868, los fabricantes de tabacos y los obreros
organizacion industria
el
noctuma y
Miami y Cayo Hueso
cubanos a su vez venian de compras a
cobraron gran populandad en
En 1952. Fulgencio
igual
primer servicio de correo aereo entre
entonces presidente constitucional Carlos
primera gran lucha de
comunidad mas numerosa de
Cayo Hueso. Mientras
industria tabacalera en tarifas.
La
la
al
aviacion tuvo un profundo impacto en las
floridanas.
Cayo Hueso y La Habana comenzo en
viviendo en Daytona Beach desde 1944. regres6 a
La Guerra de
Hotel
el
Florida.
playas, se beneficio de los vuelos de
y pieles de venado. En 1763 cuando Espaha cedio la Florida a Inglatena la mayoria de los espanoles, indios y negros fueron evacuados a La Habana.
Tampa y
en cuartel general. Jacksonville
Cuba en busqueda de oportunidades economicas
turismo norteamericano, en busqueda de
comercio en ron cubano, mercancias espaholas y mexicanas, maiz,
Cuando dMaine
congreso norteamen-
independencia de Cuba, fue celebrado por
la
espaholas en
zona, ejemplo de ellas es San Luis de Talimali. Los
el
Muchos norteamericanos y cubano americanos
sur de Tallahassee. Estos barcos trafan provisiones para las misiones la
Habana en 1898 para
guerra a Espaha. Las tropas norte-
conocio con
se
muchos cubanos emigraron el
lucha mdepen-
de centra de entrenamiento y albergo a mas de 12,000
campamento
el
cubanos de
fueron a
la Florida
fueron espanoles, indios y negros, antepasados de algunos cubanos. En siglo diecisiete, barcos
en
le
la
provisiones a los
y
Libre."
20 de
los
la Florida,
Espaha continuo usando La Habana como sede de gobiemo. Los tripulantes de los
>5 Maine
I
Tampa Bay sirvio
gobernadora.
involucraron en
se
La administracion del Presidente McKinley
americanas fueron acantonadas en
Escudo Cubano
zarpo en su propia
bahia de
el
estallo
de fracasos en los
tambien
la
la
Cuba continuo
proteger los intereses estadounidenses.
se
1539. Su esposa, Isabel
expedicion tocando tierra en
Cayo Hueso
a
industna del tabaco. Fue
dentista cubana llevandole armas
peninsula por los espanoles.
rebeldes.
A
la
lucha emancipadora de
la
alentada por los esfuerzos de Jose Marti. Los norte-
proclamacion del estado
la
Tampa reemplazo
siglo pasado.
centra principal de
epoca en que
omoes
ractible las
mpos
todas paito de huellas en
la
cultura,
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
la
vidasde cubanos y floridanos ban estado
la
polftica
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la
En Miami,
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Key West's Cuban History In 1892,
Cuban
leader Jose Marti founded the
Cuban Revolution-
A
ary Party at the historic San Carlos Institute of Key West.
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efore the arrival of Spanish explorers,
Key West had been
occupied by Calusa Indians. During the period, a
few Spanish
Britain took control of Florida.
and Bahamians
visited the island
From time
John Simonton
who
for 12,000 that
place in a cafe in Havana,
sold
it
same
to
fish,
was granted
to
American businessman
year.
The
transaction took
USS Maine
in
from Key West supplied munitions
community
for in
from Spain and the
exile
celebrated the establishment of a
Gunrunners
15, 1898.
Cuban and American
Key West continued
provide financial and emotional support. liberated
The
war.
after the explosion of the
Havana harbor on February
troops while the exile
new
Ultimately,
community
new
in
to
Cuba was
Key West
Republic of Cuba.
Tourism created another important connection between Cuba and Florida
Thousands of Cubans
War
funds for a
raise
and thus began the modern history of
Key West.
Years'
and
American government entered the war
1763
in
Cubans
and surrounding waters to
salvage wrecks and cut lumber. In 1821, the island
Juan Pablo Salas by Spain,
Cuba
to time,
charismatic speaker and a visionary, Marti visited the cigar factories to rally support
Key West. They,
families lived in
along with some eighty Indian families, relocated to
when
Spanish
first
in 1868.
fled to
With
Key West
great
skill
at the
and
onset of the Ten
ideal conditions,
Cubans
transformed the cigar industry in Key West into a major enterprise. Small shops called chinchaks sprang up
all
over town.
By
the
1870s, 29 factories produced
more than 62 million
The economy prospered and
the population soared with the
success of the cigar industry in
Key West Cubans provided
Key West.
vital
support for the war of indepen-
Dolores Poyo and Juan Maria Reyes, the key became
a
Cubans
cigar
to unite
and plot against colonial
rule.
The
like Jose
haven
for
Cuba became
industry.
From the
a popular vacation spot.
late
1920s
Charmed by
Cuba's tropical beaches, festive ambiance, and no Prohibition,
thousands of American tourists traveled weekly to the exotic island.
cigars annually.
dence from Spain. Led by intellectuals and entrepreneurs
on the advent of the aviation
to the 1950s,
Many Americans
eventually
made Cuba
their
permanent
home and
invested in profitable businesses such as the sugar
industry.
By
living in
Cuba.
1959, there were approximately 25,000 Americans
Today, Key West generation
American and
is
home
to thousands of
first,
second and third
Cuban Americans who have not only
culture, but also
have retained
traditions. Their influence
many
assimilated into
of their customs
can be seen today
in the island's
industry served as the backbone of the revolutionary movement.
architecture, food, Spanish language newspapers, radio
Cigar workers contributed a portion of their meager salaries to
television stations.
the insurgency. In 1878. the Zanjon Pact ended the Ten Years' War.
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Diez Anos termino en 1878 con
los
el
Pacto de Zanjon.
En 1892,
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la
Uegada de
los exploradores espanoles,
habia sido poblado por los indios calusas. Durante
promover al igual
que unas ochenta familias indias
Cuba en 1763 cuando
el
control de
la
Durante
dieciocho, cubanos
el siglo
y bahamenses
visitaban
El
la
cayo para pescar, salvar mercancias de los naufragios y cortar madera. En corona espanola traspaso
la isla
ano.
a Juan Pablo Salas. quien a su vez
comenzo
la
negociante norteamencano John Simonton en
al
Esta transaccion tuvo lugar en
un
cafe habanero
y con
Cayo Hueso huyendo de
Cayo Hueso en un negocio
la
floreciente.
Guerra de
De
la
manana, aparecieron pequenas fabncas llamadas chinchales
En
la
industria trajo prosperidad
y
el
al
aumento de
el
la
Habana
el
la
15 de febrero de
armas y mumciones para el exilio
las
tropas
proporcionaba ayuda
Cuba
final del conflicto belico.
comunidad
establecimiento de
y
advenimiento de la
Flonda,
el
los cincuenta,
durante
la
la
la
exiliada de
logro su
Cayo Hueso
celebro
nueva Republica de Cuba.
el
epoca de
se eonvirtio
ambiente la
norteamericanos
poblacion.
le
un nuevo vinculo entre Cuba
aviacion trajo consigo
tunsmo. Partiendo de
Cuba
fines
de
en atraccion
festive
y
los
anos veinte hasta
el librc
fines
de
Cautivados por sus
turistica.
acceso a bebidas alcohohcas
prohibicion. miles de tunstas norteamericanos
viajaban semanalmente a
La expansion de esta
ano. la
y apoyo moral. Al
playas tropicales, asi
decada de 1870, habia 29 fabncas que
producian mas de 62 millones de tabacos
bahia de La
cubanas y norteamericanas mientras que
El
tabacaleras.
la
se portaron
independencia de Espana y
1868, miles de cubanos Uegaron a
la
VSS Maine en
con entusiasmo
Diez Anos. Los cubanos aportaron sus conocimientos y transformaron
industria del tabaco en
nueva
el
En
noche a
la
guerra luego de
Cayo Hueso.
primera ocupacion permanente de
como grandes
la
ella
los la
cubanos y recaudar fondos para
los
Desde Cayo Hueso
financiera
vendio por $2,000
mismo
unidad de
gobierno norteamericano entro en
el
1898.
se la
Partido Revolucionano
fabncas de tabacos para
Florida paso a
voladura del
1821, la
las
se
guerra.
Inglaterra.
el
San Carlos de Cayo Hueso. Marti,
historico Instituto
espanol, unas cuantas familias espariolas residfan en
Estas familias
relocalizaron en
el
primer
el
quien fue orador carismatico. visitaba
JL periodo
Cayo Hueso.
procer cubano Jose Marti, fundo
el
Cayo Hueso
Cubano en
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de
las
Antdlas.
De
hecho,
muchos
>ae invirtieron en direrentes
se esl
su economia,
como
por ejemplo,
el
azucai En 1959 habia
000 norteamericanos residentes en Cuba Los cubanos de
Cayo Hueso
guerra de independencia. tales
como
le
proporcionaron una valiosa ayuda a
Dingidos por intelectuales v impresarios,
Jose Dolores Poyo y Juan
M, iria
contra
el
colonialismo espanol.
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(
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ubanos
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La industria tabacalera fue un
eslabon importantisimo del movimiento revolutionary cubano. trabajadores contribufan un porcenl
Hoy
Reyi
eonvirtio en un important^ centra donde los
comun
la
Los
destos ingresos a
la
la
nes no
ni'K
1
se
nan asimilado
culture norteamericana, sino que tambiin nan mantenido
tumbres y tradiciones
Esta influencia es palpable en
arquitecturi
radio y televisidn que transmiten en igual idioma
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
muchas la
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Alfonso/Diaz Carrasco House
located here.
It is
presently occupied by retail businesses,
including a bookstore, antique shops and an art gallery.
1001 Eaton
Street,
Key
FL 33040
West,
Built in 1891, this Classic Revival
house was the residence of
Benito Alfonso, a Cuban-born cigar manufacturer
approximately 50 workers in his factory, which was located at the corner of
Newton and White
Streets.
house served as the residence and
Antonio Diaz Carrasco, died in of the
Havana
in
From 1906
official
to 1915, the
consulate offices of
Cuban Consul
first
to
Key West. Carrasco
1915 and was buried in the Cuban Martyrs'' Plot
Key West Cemetery.
7
Old Schoolhouse/Cigar Majors Cottages
who employed
Private residence.
122
The
1
and 1200 Hock
of Duval Street,
building at 1221 Duval
is a 1
children area.
who
it
West,
FL 33040
1/2-story frame vernacular
Built near the
building erected before 1892. cigar factories,
Key
Gato and
S.
Later used as a residence,
it
surrounding
resembles cigar makers'
cottages located along the 1200 Block of Duval Street.
Armas de Oro Cigar Factory 930 Catherine
Street,
Key
West,
Armas
served as a schoolhouse for cigar makers'
lived in similar structures in the
Cur-
rently a retail business.
FL 33040 7
Cigar Makers Houses This
is
one of the few remaining cigar
factories of
100 that existed on the island during the 1890s. cigar industry faced fire
of 1886
and
some major
approximately
The Key West
setbacks, including the devastating
cigar workers' labor strikes, yet
still
produced more
than one hundred million cigars a year until the decline of the cigar industry in Key West at the turn of the century. Today, the building
is
1900-1918 Staples Avenue
The houses along Siedenberg and
-
1922 Siedenberg
Staples Avenues
and Second Streets were constructed before 1912 houses.
used as a commercial moving and storage company.
d? 1904
Avenue, Key West, FL 33040
They were
between
built near the Santaella/Martinez
Cigar Factory which
was only
a block
away
at
First
as cigar workers'
Havana
2010 Staples
Avenue. Today they are privately owned residences and the 7
Cigar Workers Union Hall 800 Caroline Street,
Key
West,
structures have been greatly altered.
FL 33040
Cigar Factories of Today Built in the late 1880s as a cigar factory, this
building with
assembly
its
wooden commercial
distinctive two-story porch later served as
hall for carpenters.
an
In 1926, a cigar workers' union hall
These
cigar factories are small scale versions of cigar factories of the
past. Visitors
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
can see cigar workers make traditional hand-rolled
Eduardo HidalgOrg*Q
Born
Cuba, Hidalgo-Gato fled the island
in
(
1
New York
City,
he moved
to
Key West
born cigar factory owner there. Cato was a
839- 1926)
involved
in
community politics and employees
of the island. Gato's
Cigar Manufacturer
1869 to avoid
in
making
revolutionaries of the Ten Years' War. After factory in
in
others had
Empresario
durante
Nueva
el
comienzo de
la
Cuerra de
moved
an area of Key West called Gatoville
iue un importante
miembro de
empresas para mejorar
la
Street,
Key
West,
ya que Cato
la fabrica
proporcionaba las viviendas.
les
las otras
como en
diferentes
de Cato vivian en una La fabrica de Cato se
hubieran relocalizado sus operaciones a Tampa.
tiendas de antiguedades
y una
galeria de arte.
FL 33040 Vieja
Construida en 1891. esta casa de
los revolucionarios
.
Casa Alfonso/Diaz Carrasco 1001 Eaton
Participo en la politico asi
economico del cayo. Los trabajadores de
Catovilla,
mantuvo en Cayo Hueso mucho despues de que
LMU^CaX^W^WwWVXVVwTLWU
Tampa.
y fue el primer propietario cubano de una fabrica de tabacos. Cato
sociedad de Cayo Hueso.
el desarrollo
zona de Cayo Hueso llamada
in
after
Despues de intentar establecer una fabrica de tabacos en
los Diez Anos.
mudo a Cayo Hueso en 1874
York, se
their operations to
Key West long
in
en 1869 evadiendo su arresto por ayudar a
la isla
Cuban-
economic development
housing provided by the company. Gato's factory remained
Nacido en Cuba, Hidalgo-Gato abandono
first
the Key West community, actively
pillar of
enterprises to improve the lived in
arrest for aiding
a brief attempt to start a cigar
874 and became the
1
Escuela/Casa de los Tabacaleros
estilo restauracion del clasico fue residencia
Quadra 1221
1200 de
v
Calk Duval Key West FL 33040
la
de Benito Alfonso, fabricante de tabacos. Su fabrica empleaba a unos cincuenta obreros y estaba ubicada en
White.
De 1906
la
esquina de
las calles
a 1915, esta casa sirvio de residencia
Diaz Carrasco, quien fuera
y
oficina a
Erigida antes de 1892, este edificio esta situado en
Antonio
primer consul cubano de Cayo Hueso. Diaz
el
Carrasco murio en La Habana en 1915 y fue sepultado en martires cubanos en
Newton y
el
panteon de
los
cementerio de Cayo Hueso. Residencia pnvada.
el
Duval.
930 Catherine
Street,
West,
es
Debido
sirvio
un
a su
proximidad a
se
dia es
la
encuentran
asemeja a
a lo largo
de
1221 de
fabrica de tabacos
de escuela para los hijos de se
el
la
Calle
de una planta y media caracteristico de
edificio
una residencia privada y
Armas de Org
Key
mismo
esta zona.
Armas,
que
Fabrica de Tabacos
El
los tabacaleros.
las otras
cuadra 1200 de
la
Cato y
Mas
S.
tarde fue
casas de los tabacaleros la
Calle Duval.
Hoy
una tienda.
FL 33040
Casas de los Tabacaleri
)S
Esta es una de las pocas fabricas de tabacos que quedan de las cien que existian en
Cayo Hueso durante
1900-1918 Avenida Staples eC 1904-1922 Avenida Siedenberg decada de 1890. La industria tabacalera
la
de Cayo Hueso afronto serias dificultades tales incendio de 1886 y
problemas, tabacos
al
la
las
industria continuo produciendo
ano hasta
dia, el edificio es
como
huelgas de los tabacaleros.
el
descenso de
la
misma
A
el
Key West FL5<
desvastador
pesar de estos
Las casas situadas a lo largo de
mas de un millon de
a fines del siglo pasado.
las Calles
Hoy
una compahia de mudanzas y almacenamiento.
tabacaleros.
CENTRO DEL SlNDH Street
471
I
II
la
Avenidas Siedenberg y Staples, entre
mismas fueron hechas
Avenida Staples.
estructuras
ids Tabai aleros
/)/
Key West
Las
Martinez Havana Cigar Factory
2010 de
800 Caroline
las
Pnmera y Segunda. fueron construidas antes de
la
Hoy
sirvio de centro
sindicato de los tabacaleros.
ambos
los carpinteros.
Hoy
dia, lo
para los
una cuadra en
el
han sido modificadas.
En 1926
era
HoyDIa
pisos fue en
decada de 1880, una fabrica de tabacos. Luego
de reunion para
1912
Fabrica Santaella
dia son residences piivadas
Fabricas de Tabacos di la
la
55040
Este edificio de madera con su caracteristico portal en sus comienzos, a fines de
cerca de
cual se encontraba a
la
ocupan, entre otros. una
librcria,
compaction con
Estas fabricas de tabacos son pequerias en del pasado.
Los visitantes podran observar
enrollados a
mano utihzando
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
las
mismas
I
la
elaboration d<
las fabricas
Left: Typical cigar in
Right:
shop
Key West
Cobo House
Iiquierda: Tabaqueria
de Cayo Hueso Derecha: Casa Cobo
j^wes^ ^L y ClXVs% CTi
cigars using the
same
tools
and techniques that were used more
than a century ago. Top quality cigars can be purchased
structure, destroyed
by
fire in
Club. Today, the building
Key West Cigar Factory Key
West,
condominium
13 Fitzpatrick Street,
Key
is
1317 Duval
FL 33040
units.
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
(305) 294-8233 Built in the early 1900s
Cobo House
by
Dr. Nilo Pintado, a graduate of the
University of Havana Medical School,
This
classic
Cobo.
a
Cuban
used for shops, an art gallery and
The William House
West,
(305) 296-0167
107 Duval
Using
Cuban Club Hotel
Rodriguez Cigar Factory
/
rebuilt in 1989.
FL 33040
(305)294-3470
/
was
structure faithfully replicates the original facade of the
reasonable prices.
3 Pirate's Alky
1983,
the original columns, turrets and facade pediment, the present
at
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
Dade County pine house was
prominent cigar manufacturer
in
Cuban Club Hotel where members
built in
1919 by Ygnacio
Key West. Cobo
built his
two-story residence from the salvaged materials of a World War
blimp hangar. Currently
it
was
of the
1920. Dr. Pintado, the physician of the
first
known
Cuban Club,
it
until
later con-
verted the hotel into a medical facility and opened the Hospital. Since 1926,
as the
Cuban Club met
St.
Joseph's
has served as a hotel or guesthouse: Ocean
I
View Hotel
a retail business.
(1926-1952), Casa Blanca Guesthouse (1952-1991) and
currently the William House.
Cuban Club /
East Martello Gallery Key West Art and History Museum
108 Duval Street, Key West, FL 33040
The Cuban Club, founded
who
in 1900,
was organized by immigrants
united and provided moral support to each other as they tried
to assimilate into a
permanent
site
new
culture.
In 1920, this
of the multi-faceted clubhouse
which served
as a
recreational facility for dances, billiard tournaments, plays, political rallies
and educational seminars. The club even provided
medical insurance to
its
members. The
3501 South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040 (305) 296-3913
became the
original two-story
In 1862, this
Zachary History
was one
Taylor.
of
two
Since 1950
fortified
it
Museum. On permanent
artifacts related to
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
Cuban
towers built to secure Fort
has served as the Key West Art and exhibit are
many historical
history and culture.
A wing of the
mas de un
Aqui
siglo.
se
puede comprar tabacos de
alta calidad
mcendio en 1983 y reconstruida en
a
y
precios razonables.
originales, torres
y
fachada.
la
la
Hoy
fachada original del Club Cubano.
KEY WEST CIGAR FACTORY Key
3 Pirate's Alky,
West,
Street,
Key
13 17
FL 33040
Duval
West,
FL 33040
Medicma
fue
reunian
mandada
La residencia de dos pisos fue edificada con matenales la
Primera Guerra Mundial.
Hoy
West,
FL 55040
Key
St.
el
la
siglo por el
doctor Nilo Pintado, graduado de
Joseph
s
nombre de Hotel Cuban Club, donde Sociedad
Hospital.
Cuba
Desde
dia es la
e Historia de
Cayo Hueso
5501 South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West 11 35040 La Sociedad Cuba, fundada en 1900, fue organizada por inmigrantes quienes se agruparon para ayudarse en
nueva cultura. En 1920, este lugar
una casa club que bailes,
servi'a
campeonatos de
el
proceso de asimilacion a
se convirtio
en
la
sede permanentc de
de centra recreacional, celebrandose en
billar,
el
(305) 196-3913
la
mismo,
obras de teatro, actos politicos y programas
En 1362. fue una de
las torres
I
Fuerte Zachary Iayioi
Arte
e Historia
deCayo Hueso Aqui
educativos. El club proporcionaba tamhien seguro malico a sus
artefactos relacionado
miembros. La estructura original de dos pisos fue destruida por un
museo exhibe
las pinl
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
el
ha sido un hotel y casa de
Casa William.
FL 53040
se
hasta 1920. El doctor Pintado,
en un centra medico con
1926,
huespedes: Ocean View Hotel (1926-1952), Casa Blanca Guest;
Hoy
la
Universidad de La Habana, este edificio se
club, convirtio el hotel
Museo de Arte West,
la
Galeria de East Martello
Club Cubano/La Sociedad Cuba Street,
miembros de
medico de dicho
nombre de
1991).
tienda.
108 Duval
los
a
un prominente fabncante de tabacos
recuperados del hangar de un zepelin de
de
conocio imcialmente con
Condado de Dade,
construir en 1919 por Ignacio Cobo,
1
Key
Construido a pnncipios de
Key
Street,
Esta casa tipica, hecha de pino del
una
Street,
(305) 294-8233
Facultad de
dia es
la
galeria
Casa de Huespedes William
West,
Casa Cobo
Cayo Hueso.
una
Hotel Club Cubano
(305) 296-0167
de
dia. utilizan el edificio
de arte, tiendas y condominios.
Rodriguez Cigar Factory
1107 Duval
Utilizando las columnas
FL 33040
(305) 294-3470
113 Fitzpatrick
1989.
estructura actual es una lmitacion de
estin en exh
Jturacubana
Un
a
Born n Puert0 Pr nc 'P e ( t0< ky Camaguey), Figueredo fled Cuba '
Fernando Fi2Uered0
'
against Spanish rule collapsed (
freedom
846- 1 929)
Cuba. A naturalized U.S. Le 8' s ature '
Politician/Freedom Fiehter
HOIIUCO/ j
la
settled in
he became the
citizen,
rom Monroe County
Tampa. Figueredo returned
,
Luchador por
He
Ubertad
n the
War Q f ]g98 He
homeland
to his
ecame
t,
after insurrection insur
Key West where he reunited n
Cuban elected
first
Cuban government and died
in
after
to the Florida
He was
1885, serving one term.
in
County's school superintendent for several years and
_ iv
'
1 878. 1878.
in
obtained arms and continued armed incursions into
patriots, raised cash,
was the
Monroe of
cubano
Havana
in
1
929.
Guerra de
la
electo
a
la legislature
de
la Florida
Se hizo ciudadano estadounidense, y llego a ser
en 1885, donde
un periodo electoral representando
sirvio
de Monroe. Figueredo tambien fue por muchos anos superintendente de
Monroe y
a ser un alto
miembro
las escuelas publicas del
de West Tampa. Figueredo regreso a Cuba luego de
fue el primer alcalde
new
a high ranking Cabinet level official in the
hndos
Diez Anos en 1878. Figueredo se establecio en Cayo Hueso donde organizo a los luchadores, recaudo
y obtuvo armas para continuar incursiones a Cuba.
West
Cuban independence was won
Figueredo nacio en Puerto Principe (hoy Camaguey) y solid huyendo de Cuba luego del fracaso de los
also
mayor
first
la
al
el
primer
Condado
Condado de
independencia.
Alii,
llego
Murio en La Habana en 1929.
del gabinete del recien establecido gobierno.
^vCiVvrvrwyyVcViViV^^^^ museum a
First
known
displays the native wood-carved paintings of Mario
Sanchez, famed
nated
Cuban American
National Register
artist.
site in 1972.
The
building
There
is
was
fee.
Union Bank
422 Front
Key
Street,
West,
as
"Mi
FL 33040
was
commissary and
is
House hotel which
later
was adjacent
to the Russell
a
Havana newspa-
Gonzalo Castehon, was assassinated before he could take on
Key West. Reyes challenged Castehon to
in
Street,
Key
West,
Hidalgo-Gato.
The
reminiscent of
Cuban
its
large
The
donated the building
named
a
two-story
a two-tier
porch
architecture of the period. In 1910,
original location at
Bayview Park
for use as a hospital.
for Gato's wife, served the
in the National Register in 1973.
after
it
E. is
was
Gato
Mercedes Hospital,
poor in Key West
for thirty
condominiums, the
site
was
listed
(1868-1878). Today, this unique
triangular-shaped building and the former Russell House/Jefferson site are all part of
and was
in 1915
to serve as the
FL 33040
atrium house with
event heightened the animosity between Cubans and Spaniards
Hotel
Navy
this Classical Revival
years. Currently used as private
War
down
now vacant.
duel after exchanging insulting editorials in the newspapers. This
during the Ten Years'
U.S.
frame house was built as the residence of cigar manufacturer
moved from
the challenge to duel Juan Maria Reyes, founder and editor of a
Cuban newspaper
by the
Constructed in the early 1890s,
became the legendary Jefferson Hotel.
This was the corner where a Spanish editor of per,
altered
island's first fireproof buildings.
was financed
group of wealthy Cuban cigar manufacturers. During the
1870s, the Spanish-style brick building
one of the
existing building
1209 Virginia Built in 1891 as the First National Bank, construction a
the most popular brands of
Gato's factory burned
rebuilt in concrete,
Gato House/Mercedes Hospital
(305) 292-6603
by
was among
Preferida,"
cigars in the U.S.
desig-
an admission
the First Union
Bank
Gato
7
Jr.
House
property.
Southernmost Point Guest House
1327 Duval
Gato Cigar Factory Corner of Simonton
& Amelia Streets, Key West, FL
Key West, purchased factory in
Key West.
first
Cuban-born
this parcel of land
and
cigar
manufacturer
in
built the largest cigar
Built in 1876, the 2 1/2-story
factory employed over 500 workers
10
Key
West,
FL 33040
33040 This
Eduardo Hidalgo-Gato, the
Street,
(305) 294-0715
frame cigar
by 1885. Gato's brand
of cigars,
classic Victorian house, built in 1885,
Hidalgo-Gato, West's
first
Jr.
was owned by Eduardo
at the turn of the century.
Cuban-born
cigar
Son of
magnate, Gato,
manufacturer himself. The ornate two-story dence
is
presently used as a guest house.
Florida Cuban heritage Trail
Jr.
E.
was
H. Gato, Key
a leading cigar
wood frame
resi-
/LyciXy wyy y i tec,
el
Mano
cubano amencano,
artista
en
Sanchez
.
El edificio fue inscrito
Hay una
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos.
en 1972
tanfa de admision.
nombre de "Mi Prefenda" y
los incendios.
los
Key
Street,
West,
FL 33040
El edificio actual,
1980 y en
la
actualidad esta
marcas mas populares en
1915
el
que fue remodelado por la
los
y fue reconstruida en
primeros edificios en
Estados Unidos, sirvio de comisaria de
422 Front
las
quemo en
mamposteria. Este fue uno de
Banco First Union
una de
fue
Estados Unidos. La fabrica se
marina hasta
cayo resistente a
la
manna
fines de la
de
los
decada de
vaci'o.
(305) 292-6603 Edificado en 1891,
construccion del Banco
la
Eirst
National fue financiada
por un grupo de acaudalados cubanos fabricantes de tabacos. Durante
decada de 1870, este edificio de Hotel Russell House fue precisamente
la
el
ladrillos estilo
cual se torno en
el
espanol estaba
al
la
el
1209 Virginia
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
lado del
legendario Hotel Jefferson. Esta
esquina donde fue asesinado
Casa Gato/Hospital Mercedes
redactor espanol de
un
Este edificio de
madera
principios de
decada de 1890 y fue
la
estilo restauracion del la
dasico fue construido a
residencia del fabneante de tabacos
periodico habanero, Gonzalo Castanon. El asesinato de Castanon ocunio
E.
Hidalgo-Gato. Esta casa con su amplio atno y su portal en
un duelo con juan Maria Reyes, fundador
se
asemeja a
antes de que pudiera batirse en
y
redactor de un periodico cubano de
un duelo
a
Cayo Hueso. Reyes habfa retado
Castanon despues de intercambiarse insultos en
editoriales de sus respectivos periodicos.
tirantez existente entre cubanos
Anos
(1868-1878).
Hoy
dia, este
las
la
Guerra de
excepcional edificio triangular y
antiguo Hotel Russell House/jefferson forman parte del Banco
los
la
Diez
la
arquitectura cubana de ese periodo.
su primera ubicacion en El
paginas
Este acontecimiento agudizo
y espaholes durante
a
Hospital Mercedes,
pobres de
nombre que
Cayo Hueso por
pnvado y fue inscnto en
En
Bayview Park luego que Gato
el
1910. lo lo
ambos
pisos
movieron de
dono para
hospital.
recibio por la esposa de Gato. sirvio a los
treinta ahos.
En
la
actualidad es
un condomimo
Registro Nacional de Lugares Histoncos en 1973.
el
Eirst
Casadi Gato,
hijo
Union.
Casa de Huespedes Southernmost rant 1327 Duval i
de Tabacos
Esquina de
las calks
Gato
Street
Key West
II
33040
(305)294-0715
Simonton y Amelia, Key West, FL 33040 Esta casa de estilo victoriano dasico fue construida en 1885, siendo su
Eduardo Hidalgo-Gato,
el
primer fabneante cubano de tabacos, compro este
mas grande de Cayo Hueso.
y construyo
la
fabrica de tabacos
Construida en 1876,
la
fabrica de dos plantas
terreno
1885 a
mas de quinientos
obreros.
dueno del
y media, empleaba hacia
el
La marca de tabacos se conocia con
el
ano
a principios
de siglo Eduardo Hidalg
magnate tabacalero cubano Hidalgo-Gato Gato
importante fabneante de tabacos dos pisos es en
la
Herencia Cubana en la Florida
Esta
u lr
Fue
era el hi|o
tamhen un
omamentadi
actualidad una casa de h
n
ii
Left:
Key West Cemetery Right:
Roberts House
West
in
Key
Historic District
Izquierda:
Cementerio de
Cayo Hueso Derecha:
Casa de Roberts en Distrito
el
Historko
Nacional de Cayo
Hueso
jI$wes& '£L
the Spanish-American
Gatoville
ycyy y y yVL '
\
War and brought about Cuba's
indepen-
dence from Spain.
Block encompassed by Amelia, Duval, Catherine, 62 Whitehead
Key
West,
During the
FL 33040
Key West National Historic District
cigar industry
boom
of the 1870s and 80s,
many
of the
manufacturers developed villages of cigar makers'
large cigar
cottages near their factories.
In the late 1870s, E. H.
The one square mile approximately
Gato
a
radius of historical Old
190-block
district,
Town Key West,
contains one of the most
developed such a village near his factory. Barrio Gato or Gatoville
important concentrations of wooden buildings in Florida. Key
was known, among other
West throughout much of the 19th century was
caballitos
small
(little
wooden
remain in
horses) as
things, for its annual circus or
Cubans
Today,
it.
cigar workers' houses, called
this area bordered
Whitehead
called
los
many
of the
shotgun houses,
by Amelia, Duval, Catherine, and
city,
particularly during the period
was
at its peak.
relations cuisine,
Streets.
Florida's largest
the cigar
Historically, the island city
making industry
maintained close
with Cuba and much of Key West's architecture,
culture,
commerce and industry were influenced by the 90-mile
proximity to Cuba.
houses are in this
Key West Cemetery
when
Many of the
district.
cigar factories
Also, neighborhoods
and
cigar workers'
with
Latin ambiance such as the 1000 to 1400 block of
a distinctive
White
Street, the
Corner of Margaret and Angela Streets and Passover Lane
800 block of Virginia Street and other Cuban neighborhoods are
Key
included in the National Historic District, which
West,
FL 33040
(305) 292-8177
Many Cubans
are buried in these
date back to the 1840s. significant to
'SS
Two
the
history:
monument
Mime. The Monument
corner of Palm and Violet,
to the
cemetery are particularly the
Monument
to the soldiers killed
Cuban Martyrs,
was dedicated
to those
to the
on the
located at the
who
rule.
monument
dedicated to
USS Maine,
a
Naval burial
the victims of the battleship's explosion in
February
12
15,
site, is
La Terraza de Marti /Teodoro Perez House La
Te
Da
Restaurant
1125 Duval
Street,
& Guest House
Key
West,
FL 33040
(305) 296-6706
died in
Cuba's Ten Years' War (1868-1878) against Spanish to the
in
unique above-ground tombs that
plots in the
Cuban American
Cuban Martyrs and (
was designated
1971 and expanded in 1983.
The
Havana Harbor on
1898 which sparked off the United States' entry into
Built in 1892, this two-story
house was owned by Teodoro Perez, a
leading cigar manufacturer in
Key West.
On
several occasions
during the early 1890s. Jose Marti delivered his rallying speeches
from the second
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
floor
balcony to win support and funds for the
Barrio Gato La cuadra
consecuencia
la
epoca del apogeo de
la
industria tabacalera, que
comprende
las
decadas de 1870 y 1880, muchos de los grandes fabricantes de tabacos
A
crearon urbanizaciones para los trabajadores vecinas a las fabricas.
obreras cerca de su fabrica. El barrio o "Gatovilla" se conocia, entre otras cosas, por la presentacion anual de
casas de
los
un
Hoy dia, aun
cubanos.
circo o "los caballitos,"
como
las
antes mencionadas
calles.
una milla cuadrada
Durante
ciudad
mayor
la
mas grande
del viejo
mas importantes de
concentraciones
Florida.
edificios de
del estado (especialmente
madera en
Cuba y gran
la
proximidad a
Muchas de
la isla.
las fabricas
con sabor latino fueron incluidos en
Cementerio de Cayo Hueso Key
West,
las calles
distrito fue creado
Margaret, Angela y Passover Lane
fue
la
industria
ciudad siempre
parte de
la
de tabacos y
arquitectura.
el
la
Calle Virginia
las
casas de los
Otros vecindarios
Distrito Historico Nacional.
Este
en 1971 y expandido en 1983. Estos vecindarios
consisten de las cuadras 1000 a 1400 de
FL 53040
la
cultura, cocina, comercio, e industria fueron influenciadas por su
tabacaleros se encuentran en este distrito histonco.
Esauina de
la
Cayo Hueso
cuando
Histoncamente.
estrechas relaciones con
Hueso
Cayo Hueso. posee una de
parte del siglo diecinueve,
tabacalera estaba en su apogeo).
mantuvo
lo
perduran muchas de estas pequerias
madera en esta zona circundada por
Este distrito de las
fines
de los 1870, Eduardo Hidalgo-Gato desarrollo una de estas comunidades
llamaban
independencia de Cuba de Espana.
Distrito Hislorico Nacional dl Cayo
Catherine y Whitehead, Key West, FL Durante
la
esta circundada por las calks Amelia, Duval,
la
Calle White,
la
cuadra 800 de
y otros vecindarios cubanos.
(305) 292-8177
Muchos cubanos de 1840.
Hay
estan sepultados en estos singulares nichos que datan
dos secciones en
especial en la historia el
Maine.
monumento
El
a los soldados
El
a aquellos
al
acorazado
USS Maine
explosion del acorazado en 1898. la
la
esta"
bahia de La
Dicha explosion, precipito Guerra Cubano-Hispano
la
en
la
el
a los martires el
acorazado
la
Guerra de
colonialismo espanol.
dedicado
Habana
el
a las
victimas de
El la
15 de Febrero de
participation de los Estados
Noiuanununa que
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Casa de
Restaurante v Casa de Huespedes La
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1125 Duval Street Key West ($05) 196-6706
esquina de calles
que murieron en
Diez Arios (1868-1878) luchando contra
monumento
monumento
que murieron en
a los martires, localizado
Palma y Violeta, fue dedicado
en
cementerio que guardan un significado
cubano americana:
monumento
cubanos y
los
el
tuvo
como
1
fnidos
Esta casa de dos pisos, construida en 1892, fue propiedad de Teodoro Perez
un prominente fabricante de tab durante
la
primera mitad de
varios discursos desde
el
restaurante
j
la
decada de
1890, lose
Marti pronuntiti
balcon. instando a apoyai v donai fondos para
guerra de independencia en
(
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I
toy dia
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la
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Museum
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Abajo: La Terraza de Marti
Derecha: Artefactos del Museo de
la
Herencia Maritima
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Cuban war
of independence. Today, La Te
Da
is
a popular restau-
Cuba
riages
Street,
Key
West,
in 1891, leaving eight children
and an estate valued
House has been
Maritime Heritage Museum 200 Greene
FL 33040
n
I
%v
most successful entrepreneurs, Marrero died unexpectedly
island's
in
rant and guest house.
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Hnsgnh
at $80,000.
from two
different mar-
Since 1977, the Marrero
a guest house.
Monument to
Marti
Jose
(305) 294-2633
Bayview Park The
Cuba
ship-building industry in
dates back to the sixteenth
Havana had
century. For hundreds of years, ships built in
One such
reputation for being top quality vessels. Seiiora de Atocha,
1622
same
that
fleet
fate
was
left
built in
Havana
Havana en route
many other ships
in 1620.
to Spain.
It It
was
part of a
encountered the
have since faced while crossing the
Florida Straits: a fierce hurricane struck
and the Atocha sank off
the coast of Florida. In 1985, the wreck
was
salvor
Mel
Fisher
and
permanent display
artifacts
at this
from
discovered by treasure
this treasure ship are
museum. There
is
Corner ofJose Marti Drive and Virginia Street
Key
a
FL 33040
West,
ship, Nuestra
The Cuban Government
Cuban war
fee.
is
International Airport,
a
Cuban
cigar
piece of Marrero Village,
leased to cigar workers.
in
Key West.
and was surrounded by 45 to 50 cottages
By
was
in 1913
first
A bust
commemorates
Key
West,
FL 33040
when Cuban American
international solo flight from
of Parla at
Key
Key West International
this historic event.
between 1889 and 1890
manufacturer
His cigar factory, located at Fort and Julia Streets, was the center-
San Carlos Institute 516 Duval
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
(305) 294-3887
1889, Marrero had amassed a fortune
estimated at S400.000 and employed over 600 workers.
14
was made
West to Mariel, Cuba. Airport
a Classical Revival residence built
by Francisco Marrero,
bust, dedicated in 1937,
Parla Bust
Augustin Parla piloted the
FL 33040
(305) 294-6977 This
who visited Key
on
an admission
Colours Guesthouse West,
The
for independence.
Aviation history
Key
and writer
presented to the City of Key West.
Marrero House Street,
patriot
several occasions during the 1890s to rally support for the
Key West
410 Fleming
erected this beautiful marble bust to
honor Jose Marti, the Cuban
West on
One
of the
Named
for Carlos
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban hero
of the
Ten
Left:
Monument
Below:
to Jose Marti
Parla Bust
Izquierda:
Monumento a
Jose Marti
Abajo: Busto de Parla
i^wes& ycytU
,
MVSEO DE
repentinamente en Cuba en 1891. Al morir dejo ocho hijos de dos
MARITIMA
LA HEREMCIA
diferentes matrimonios
200 Greene
Street,
Key
FL 33040
West,
1977
la
Casa Marrero
y bienes calculados en ochenta mil
es
dolares.
Desde
una casa de huespedes.
(305) 294-2633 Los astilleros de las
Cuba datan
Durante cientos de anos.
del siglo dieciseis.
embarcaciones hechas en La Habana tuvieron
calidad.
El galeon,
reputacion de alta
Nuestra Sefwra de Atocha, fue construido en La
en 1620 y formo parte de
Habana en
la
la flota
que otras naves habian afrontado
Paraue Bayview
Habana
que en 1622 zarpo del puerto de La
ruta a Espana. Dicha embarcacion
cruzar
al
el
sucumbio
Estrecho de
Nuestra Seiiora de Atocha se fue a pique frente a
azotada por un huracan. En 1985, Mel
las
Fisher, el
al
mismo
la
Key El
tarifa
y la
gobierno cubano
mando
Jose Marti,
el
Calk
a esculpir este
patriota
y
Virginia
Hay
apoyo para la
la
causa cubana.
busto en marmol para honrar
escritor cubano.
Hueso en numerosas ocasiones durante
conocido buscador de
tesoros, descubrio los restos del naufragio. Los artefactos rescatados del
una
Marti Drive
FL 3304
West,
memoria de
Florida,
naufragio se encuentran en exhibicion permanente en este museo.
Escjuina de Jose
destino
la Florida.
costas de
Monumento a Jose Martl
El busto,
la
la
Marti visito Cayo
decada de 1890 procurando
develado en 1937. fue un presente a
ciudad de Cayo Hueso.
de admision.
Busto de Parla
CasaMarrero
Aeropuerto Internacional it Cayo Hueso, Key West FL 33040
Casa de Huespedes Colours Un 4 10 Fleming
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
Mandada fabricante
capitulo en
la
histona de
cubano amencano Agusti'n
(305) 294-6977
internacional entre
a construir entre 1889
de Parla en
y 1890 por Francisco Marrero, un
cubano de tabacos en Cayo Hueso,
el
la
aviacion fue escnto en 1913 cuando
Parla piloted el
Cayo Hueso y
el
aeropuerto internacional de Cayo Hueso
conmemora
evento historico. la
casa pertenece
al estilo
restauracion del clasico. La fabrica de tabacos de Marrero. que estaba
ubicada entre
las calles Fort
y
Julia,
fue
Marrero, un conjunto de 45 a 50 casas obreros. Hacia 1889 Marrero habfa
cuatrocientos mil dolares y empleaba a
uno de
los
el
las
Carlos
centra del barrio o comunidad
Institi toSais
cuales se alquilaban a los
516 Duval Street Key West FL 33040
amasado una fortuna estimada en
mas de 600
los
(305) 194 1887
trabajadores. Siendo
empresarios mas prosperos de Cayo Hueso, Marrero murio
Este edificio,
uno de
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
los
mas
el
primer vuelo autonomo
puerto del Mariel en Cuba. El busto
celebres histoncamente, lleva
el
n
este
Left:
San Carlos Institute
Right: A portion of
the San Pedro
wreck
site
Izqwerda: Institute)
San Carlos
Derecha: Una portion del naufragio San
Pedro
Years' War, this
is
one of Key West's most important
landmarks. The original San Carlos Club, located on
was founded
by Cuban
in 1871
became the center
exiles.
historical
Ann
bound
This mutual aid society
for social, political, cultural, patriotic
effort.
community and channeled
The San
In the 1890s, the
resources for the
wreck
San Carlos also played
war
a pivotal role in
formed the Cuban Revolutionary Party and
leaders
organized exiles to fight for Cuba's independence.
School was the
The
first
bilingual
and integrated school
present building, erected in 1924
structures,
The San
was designed by Cuban
on the
site
of
to house
school, an auditorium ties
with Cuba
a social club.
in 1961, the property
patriotism,
museum and
owned by
it
attracts
As
a
and today
is
enthusiast
the historic shipwreck and enjoy the colorful coral reef
tropical fish that inhabit the wreck.
In order to preserve this
and metal detectors
are not
Sanchez Grocery Store y
Green Parrot Bar 601 Whitehead
Street,
Key
West,
FL 33040
(305) 296-9198
the Republic
symbol of Cuban
hundreds of Cuban American pilgrims from
owned by Mario
Key West from Cuba
commercial building was a Cuban grocery
Sanchez's grandfather
in the 1860s.
Born
world renowned Cuban American
artist
carvings about
throughout the U.S.
Green Parrot
life
in
Key West. Today,
in
who
emigrated to
Key West, Sanchez
known
Off Long Key, using LORAN coordinates 14082.1, 43320.6 (305)664-481$
16
Pedro
was
a Spanish treasure ship
from the
New Spain
this building
is
Santaella Cigar Factory / Martinez Havana Cigar Company West,
FL 33040
This three-story cigar factory was built in the early 1900s and
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
a
the popular
Bar.
2010 Stages Avenue, Key
is
for his painted
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve
The San
The
a Florida
The underwater
in the U.S.
Although the U.S. broke
cultural center.
Preserve.
visit
In the 1920s, this frame
a
in the 1960s
and
store
is
storms off the coast of Florida.
the ships that sunk near Key West.
can
Cuba because the Cuban government purchased the land when
Institute
fierce
convoy of galleons
on Friday the 13th of
two previous
offices in addition to a
is still
by
was among
was discovered
funded the construction of the building. Today the San Carlos
of it
and
hit
as part of a
allowed in the area.
Carlos
architect Francisco Centurion
Cuban Consulate
Pedro
site
Havana
fleet of ships set sail
historical resource, spearfishing
Maceo. This ornate two-story structure was funded by the Cuban
government
The
Underwater Archaeological
Cuba's war of independence. This was where Jose Marti and other
Cuban
the port of
left
for Spain.
1733 and was
July,
and
educational activities. During the Ten Years' War, the San Carlos unified the exile
that
fleet
Street,
Left: Painted carving, "Real Quaint-
ness,"
by Mario Sanchez, given by the
artist to
the people of Florida
in
honor
of the Florida Sesquicentennial
Izquierda: Pintura tallada en
madera
llamoda "Pintoresco Real" de Mario Sanchez. Fue donado por
pueblo de
la Florida
el pintor al
en conmemo-
radon del 150 aniversario de
la
proclamation del estado.
j^wes^ LVwu.-^wvyvvr-^-r
Carlos El
Manuel de Cespedes, heroe cubano de
primer Club San Carlos, ubicado en
la
Guerra de
la
Calle
los
Diez
Arios.
las
mutua
Zona Submarina de Proteccion Arqueologica de
se convirtio
en un
centra de actividades politicas, sociales, culturales, patrioticas y educativas.
en
la
Guerra de
los
Diez Anos,
el
San Carlos unified
el exilio
y canalizo
recursos hacia
la
guerra.
Carlos tambien jugo un papel importante en
En
la
la
a la
comunidad
decada de 1890,
el
guerra de independencia
cubana. Aqui fue donde Jose Marti y otros patriotas cubanos formaron Partido Revolucionario
por e
la
Cubano y
organizo a los exiliados para
se
independencia. La Escuela San Carlos fue
pnmera
la
la
submanno podra
disfrutar
deleitarse la vista
con
permiten en
se
el
de una
area ni
Con la
la
Florida.
y
los corales
la
El investigador
visita a este historico naufragio
los peces tropicales
navio hundido su hogar.
San
la
El lugar del
decada de los sesenta y hoy es parte de
naufragio fue descubierto en
por cubanos exiliados. Esta sociedad de ayuda
Durante
embarcaciones que zozobro cerca de Cayo Hueso.
Ann, fue fundado en 1871
y
que hacen de este
miras a conservar este recurso historico, no
pesca con arpon ni los detectores de metales.
el
BODEGA SANCHEZ
lucha
escuela bilingiie
Green Parrot Bar
integrada en los Estados Unidos. El edificio actual, erigido en 1924 en
el
601 Whitehead Street Key West FL 53040 terreno ocupado por las dos anteriores estructuras, fue disenado por arquitecto cubano Francisco Centurion Maceo. El
dos pisos fue financiado por
cubano
asi
como una
el
gobierno cubano para albergar
un auditorio y un
escuela,
Estados Unidos rompio relaciones con a la
Republica de
cuando financio Carlos es un
cubano,
el
Cuba ya que la
el
Cuba en
club.
A
Hoy
edificio.
cultural.
a cientos de
el
edificio
de
consulado
Como
di'a, el
pesar de que los
el
los
anos veinte este edificio de madera era una bodega cubana
propiedad del abuelo de Mario Sanchez, quien habi'a emigrado de
terreno
la
decada de I860. Nacido en Cayo Hueso. Mario Sanchez
artista
Instituto San
cubano americano conocido por sus pinturas
tienen por tema
simbolo del patnotismo
cubano americanos de todo
(305) 196-9198 En
1961, la propiedad pertenece
gobierno cubano compro
construccion del
museo y un centra
San Carlos atrae
ornamentado
el
la
vida en
Cayo Hueso. Hoy
di'a, el
Cerca deli ayoLong
utiliztiiiJc /,/>
i
i
Cuba en
afamado
talladas las cuales edificio es el popular
bar Green Parrot.
el pais.
I
San Pedro, NavioHi vdidodi
es el
Fl ta Espanoi
uvrJuuuLis l.ORAN 14082.1 43320.^
\
'ompaniade
Tabacos Martinez Havana Z010 Staples Avenue Key West FL55040
(505)664-4815 Esta fabrica de tres plantas fue construida a principii HI
San Pedro
es
un navio espanoi de
del puerto de La
ruta a Espana. fuerte
Habana y formaba
La flota zarpo
tormenta cerca de
las
el
la
flota
de
parte de
13 de julio de
costas de
la
la
Nueva
Esparia que zarpo
un convoy de galeones en l
Florida
7 .vi
y fue azotada por una
El San ftdro fue
una de
por lo
menos dos
tabacalera en
fabricas de tab;
Cayo Hueso
duranti
remodeladoyesunbuenejemp rj
deedificios.
herencia Cubana en la Florida
Comomuchasi
ti
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housed
at least
two
mL^^
;; >
.
cigar factories following the 1890s cigar
Today,
industry heyday in Key West. This building has since been altered
and
is
good example of adaptive reuse techniques.
a
other large cigar factories in Florida,
is
It,
many
like
-
many Cubans
These Cuban
>-
i w~ k. i i Ck. vmXV^WCk.»<
use these tinajones to decorate their gardens.
tinajones are displayed at the
Donkey Milk House,
a
historic guest house.
being used as a moving and
storage company.
Transit
Home
for Cuban Refugees
5611 McDonald Avenue
Southernmost Point
Stock Island,
Corner of Whitehead and South Streets
Key
Key
West,
FL 33040
(305) 293-0043
FL 35040
West,
Home
Established in 1992, the Transit
Cuban Americans who want frequently to
visit this site.
Cuba" and
have
a
to feel close to the motherland
There
is
a giant
buoy that reads "90 Miles
cement plaque dedicated to Cuban refugees
lost their lives at sea in their struggle for
plaque, dedicated in 1993
who
freedom. The
by the Mayor of Key West,
is
sometimes
covered with bougainvilleas and other flowers symbolizing
Cubans' love and honor of country and fellow this site
were
is
the
Key West and Cuba
in 1867.
Cuban
processed more than 20,000
missions, the Transit
telegraph cables
Cuban
West,
rafts, survival
who were
U.S.
Key
totally
room and
Home
Cuban
refugees since 1992.
gear and dramatic photos of
Cuban
rafters
Custom House
Constructed in 1891,
FL 33040
Romanesque
known
Cuban
rescued at sea and processed at this center.
this
is
architecture in
Key
West,
FL 33040
the single example of Richardsonian
Key West.
In 1898, a U.
Inquiry met here to investigate the sinking of the old large clay pots
With the
acts as the bridge that reunites
Front Street at Clinton Square,
(305) 296- 1866
The 200-year
board,
by donations, the center has
This was only the
TlNAJONES AT DONKEY MlLK HOUSE Street,
Funded
help of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Brothers to the Rescue
second underwater cable between the U.S. and a foreign country.
613 Eaten
refugees.
refugees with their families in the U.S. Visitors can see dozens of
patriots. Also at
Western Union Cable Hut where
laid linking
provides
medical attention and immigration services to recently arrived
as tinajones are typical
design from the 1780s. These pots, generally
made
in
Camagiiey, Cuba, were used to collect rainwater for storage.
Havana Harbor. history
It is
museum. The
building
of Historic Places in 1973.
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
S.
Court of
USS Maine
in
presently being restored to house an art and
was
listed in the
National Register
Pace 18: Southernmost Point Pace 19,
'
Florida,
en
la
actualidad
Esauina de Whitehead y
Calk
la
Hay una
frecuencia este lugar.
han perdido
Stock Island,
Key
South,
vida en
que simbolizan
y a aquellos que han perdido sus cabina del Cable de
Cayo Hueso en
alcalde de
la
Tambien aqui
1867. Este fue
y
el
El cable
el
puede
La placa,
se
la
Key
Establecido en 1992.
puertas han pasado
encuentra la
el
Hogar de Transito proporciona albergue. comida.
mas de 20.000 cubanos
al
Rescate.
hogar
el
los
sirve
El visitante al
docenas de balsas cubanas. atavios para sobrevivir
clase
fotos de los balseros cubanos rescatados en
el
DONKEYMm
West,
Calk
EL 33040
Los centenarios tinajones tienen
decada de 1780. Estos tinajones,
Estadi
is
Front v Clinton Square
Edificada en 1891, esta es
la
los refugiados
hogar podra ver
la travesia
mar y
y dramaticas
llevados a este centre
I '\//)( >>
Key West
umca muestra
diseno caracteristico cubano de
muy
utilizaban para almacenar agua lluvia.
abundantes en Camagiiey, Cuba,
Hoy
di'a.
muchos cubanos
los
se
usan
para adornar sus jardines. Estos tinajones cubanos estan en exhibicion en
Casa Donkey Milk, una historica casa de huespedes.
1898.
indagacion de los Estados Unidos se reunio aqui
la
hundimiento actualidad
museo de
del
acorazado
el edificio
'»'
Maim
en
53040
la
un
tribunal de
pai
bahia de La Habana. En
esta en proceso de restauracidn para albergai
arte e histona.
Lugares Hist6ricosen
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
(
El.
del estilo arquitectonico
romanesco richardsoniano en Cayo Hueso. En el
El
mismo fue inscrito en
I973.4
la
misiones aereas de
las
de puente que reune a
Estados Unidos.
Con
refugiados desde 1992.
Guarda Costas Norteamencano y
del
Hermanos
con sus familiares en
(305)296-1866
la
EL 3304
Xtest,
recien llegados. Financiada en su totalidad mediante donaciones, por sus
ayuda
patria
submanno conecto
segundo cable de esta
Key
(305) 293-0043
Aduana de u )S Street,
LOS REEL 'GIADOS
extranjero.
TlNAJONES DE LA CaSA 613 Eaton
Casa Donkey Milk
la
atencion medica y servicios de inmigracion a los cubanos refugiados
verse, a
cubanos a
los
con
Cuba 90
cubanos quienes
la libertad.
1993,
amor de
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The
intertwined histories of Florida and
ued to unfold
in the
new
Miami
relief
from the
political, social
Fidel Castro
Between 1966 and 1973, Freedom
300,000 Cubans to the United States.
New Jersey and
California but
from
also arrived in boats
Port
not immigrants, because
exiles,
nomic turmoil that beset Cuba when 1959.
in 1959, reacting
dictatorial regime in their native
They considered themselves
they sought temporary
contin-
most
and eco-
took power in
Flights brought nearly
Many moved
to
in 1980,
dream
a reality
to
with the Bay of
Pigs
overthrow the Castro governand the capture of
in the death of 114
1,189 soldiers of Brigade 2506.
settled in Florida.
Camarioca
and the thousands of
many
the
dream
of a free
Cuba faded with each
started to rebuild their lives
Miami became
from home. In
less
their
than 30 years, Miami was transformed from a
vacation resort with a seasonal
with
a
passing year.
and set down roots in South own Little Havana, their home away
Cubans Florida.
economy
to a cosmopolitan city
booming economy. Cubans opened
and soon Miami was
Thousands
and shops, as well as grocery
This was a
in 1965.
For
New York,
foreshadowing of the massive exodus of Cubans from Mariel
Harbor
that
The attempt
and resulted
20th century. Thousands of Cuban
emigres began to arrive in to the establishment of a land.
Cuba have
failed
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filled
their
own
businesses
with Cuban restaurants, night clubs stores,
sidewalk counter cafes, law
firms and doctors' offices. Undoubtedly,
Cubans have made major
contributions to the development of Greater Miami.
rafters that crossed the
Florida straits in the 1990s.
Dade County's Hispanic population has gradually
increased with
the dramatic flow of immigrants from the Caribbean and Latin
During the 1950s and
60s,
Cubans
arriving in
Miami were drawn
primarily from the upper and middle socioeconomic classes,
because the
lives of
drastically affected
educated and wealthy professionals were
by the economic and
political
changes in
Cuba. They were forced to give up their personal property,
regime.
Once
in the U.S.,
they had to learn
experience for
many
It
Hispanic and nearly
60%
their assimilation into
held
on to
50%
of
Dade County's population
culture,
their customs, traditions
language. Greater
steadfastly
and most importantly,
Miami shows many
their
signs of the Cubans' will to
preserve their rich culture. There are dozens of Spanish newspa-
television channels.
a
humbling
returning to a democratic Cuba.
pers
and publications, Spanish-language radio stations and
shows
are filmed in
Some popular Spanish
many
of Miami's
top leadership positions in business, a
group of exiled
arts
and entertainment industry.
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
talk
shows and variety
Miami and broadcast throughout
Latin America. Today,
Agency and
Cubans have
was
but they endured, sustained by the dream of
In 1961. the Central Intelligence
is
of those Hispanics are Cuban. In spite of
American
new Marxist new customs, a new
including homes, farms and businesses, to the
language and start over again financially.
America. Today, roughly
the U.S. and
Cuban Americans occupy
politics,
education, and the
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La
historia de
Cuba y
el siglo
veinte. Miles de
llegar a
Miami en
dictatorial
que asumio
el
han continuado entrelazadas en
Florida
la
poder en
consecuencia del nuevo regimen
la isla.
Los cubanos se
temporario de
y
300,000 cubanos a a
Nueva
York,
la
venida de Fidel Castro
1973 los Vuelos de los
Nueva
Estados Unidos. Jersey
y
Camarioca en
1965. Este
la
muerte de
14
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al
captura de
la
Brigada 2506.
exodo por
el
el
al
el
pasar de los anos,
el
sueno de una Cuba
Habana, una segunda
poder en
los
y asentar raices en Miami.
libre se fue
cubanos comenzaron
Miami
en
se convirtio
En menos de 30 anos, Miami
casa.
lentamente
a rehacer sus
la
Pequena transformo
se
de un lugar de vacaciones y veraneo con economia de temporada a una
Libertad transportaron a casi
ciudad cosmopolita con una economia en expansion. Los cubanos
Aunque muchos
abrieron sus propios negocios
California,
Miles tambien llegaron por
Florida.
la
Con
vidas
perturbaciones polfticas, sociales y economicas
las
1959. Entre 1966
la
desvaneciendo para muchos. y
consideraron exiliados y no inmigrantes ya que buscaban refugio
que acontecieron en Cuba con
miembros de
cubanos refugiados comenzaron a
como
1959
1,189
la
mayoria
se
mudaron
se radico
en
la
puente maritimo de
Puerto de Camarioca seria
libre. el
y pronto Miami
se
colmo de restaurantes.
tiendas, bufetes. cabarets, consultorios medicos, bodegas
desarrollo del gran
y cafes
han hecho grandes contribuciones
Sin duda. los cubanos
al aire
al
Miami.
precursor del exodo del Mariel en 1980, y a los miles de balseros que
atravesaron
el
Estrecho de
Durante
los
llegaba a
Miami
o a
la
la
Florida en
anos cincuenta y sesenta,
la
la
decada de
mayoria de
los
pertenecia principalmente a las clases
clase media,
los
noventa.
cubanos que
mas acomodadas
con un nutrido numero de personas altamente
Con
las
inmigraciones de America Hispana y del Caribe,
hispana de
Miami ha
un 50% de
la
ellos casi
ido en
poblacion del
un 60%
es
aumento con
el
Condado de Dade
de origen cubano.
la
asimilacion a
costumbres, tradiciones y aiin mas importante a su idioma.
por los cambios socioeconomics ocurridos en Cuba. Al abandonar
Miami muestra
Cuba,
el
regimen marxista confisco sus propiedades: casas, fincas y En los Estados Unidos tuvieron que aprender nuevas
mantener su
rica tradition cultural.
canales hispanos de television. Algunos programas
sostenidos por
el
a sus
gran
El
Existen docenas de pen.
publicaciones en espanol, radio emisoras que transmiten en
costumbres, un nuevo idioma y volver a empezar. Para muchos esta
i
y de
la
huella del profundo deseo de los cubanos de
negocios.
experiencia fue una leccion de humildad, pero se sobrepusieron
Hoy dia,
han arraigado con firmeza
educadas y de profesionales quienes habfan sido afectados directamente
la
poblacion
es de origen hispano
A pesar de
cultura norteamericana, los cubanos se
la
pasar de los anos.
filman en
sueno de un regreso a una Cuba democratica.
Miami y son transmmdos
ei
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resto del pais
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(305) 854-0515
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This was the
Get a personal tour of the quaint servicemen of the 2506 Brigade invasion of Cuba.
Way
1950 S.W. 13th Avenue, Miami, FL 33145
Street
museum by one
who
fought in the 1961 Bay of Pigs
The homelike museum
public bilingual school of
first
During the early 1960s,
of the very
Spanish sessions and
model
preserves pictures and
paraphernalia used during the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow
it
still
in the U.S.
has a bilingual program that serves as a
with Hispanic students. Today
for other schools
population
modern times
operated half-day English and half-day
student
its
composed of more than 50% Cuban American
is
children.
the Castro regime.
Credito Cigar Factory
Bayfront Park
1106 S.W. 8th
301 Biscayne Boulevard
(305)858-4162
Miami, FL 33131 This park
is
In 1962, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo established this family-owned cigar
fondly identified by
Cuban Americans
Palomas (The Pigeon Park). During the 1960s, for
Cuban
refugees to visit en route to the
across the street)
park
is
it
factory in Miami. as El Parque de las
was
in 1907.
business
was
originally
for immigration.
make
traditional
Cuban
founded
in
Havana.
the talwqueros (cigar workers)
a popular spot
Freedom Tower (which
where they were processed
The
A passerby can watch
Cuba
hand-rolled cigars.
A tour of the
cigar
is
factory can be arranged by calling in advance.
The
located near Bayside Marketplace, a stretch of shops and
restaurants
by Biscayne Bay.
Veinte de
Mayo (May
Spanish
rule, are
Many events
and
such as the
festivals,
20th) celebration of Cuba's independence from
held at Bayfront Park each year.
One
of the
Cuban Cultural Heritage Monument West 44th Street between 8th and 12th Avenues, Hialeah, FL
most Take a
recent additions to the park
Cuban
Miami, FL 33 130
Street,
rafters.
is
the Liberty
the ninety-mile stretch between
tubes or makeshift
thousands of
rafts.
unknown
Column,
a
monument
more than 40,000 Cuban refugees
In 1994.
Cuba and Key West
in flimsy inner
The marble column pays homage
rafters lost at sea.
to
traversed
to the
stroll
along the
Cuban
Cultural Trail and you will find
markers imprinted with autographs and palm prints of Cuban celebrities
and
artists.
The
trail is a
tribute to
Cuban
have promoted Cuban heritage through their work Periodically, a
new artist
or celebrity
Culture in Exile" walk of fame.
Florida Cuban heritage trail
is
in
artists
who
America.
inducted into the ''Cuban
Cigarmaking
Left:
Cuban
Right: Trail
Cultural
Marker
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1950 S.W.
Disfrute de una visita a este singular los
combatientes de
museo conducida por uno de
Brigada 2506, quien participo en
la
Cuba en
de Bahia de Cochinos, retratos asi
como
derrocar
regimen de Castro.
al
13 Avenue,
(305) 854-05
(305) 649-4719
1961. Este
la
invasion
acogedor museo guarda
objetos utilizados durante
Esta fue
la
primera escuela bilingue de nuestros tiempos en los Estados
Unidos.
A
principios de los sesenta. operaba
di'a
en espahol.
sirve de
intento de
el fallido
Miami FL 33145
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modelo
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a otras escuelas
medio
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un programa
estudiantado consiste de mas de un
50%
y medio
bilingue que
Hoy dia.
con poblaciones hispanas.
el
mhos cubano americanos.
de
Fabricade Tabacos Cred
Parque Bayfroni
1106
301 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, EL 33 3
S.W 8th
Street
.Miami EL 33130
1
(305)854-4162 Carinosamente llamado por
los
cubano americanos
el
"Parque de
las
En Palomas," fue durante
la
decada de
los sesenta
1962. Ernesto Perez-Carrillo establecio esta
Miami. frecuencia por los cubanos refugiados en
camino
El
negocio habi'a sido establecido con antenondad en La
a la Torre de la
Habana en Libertad. La Torre de
la
Libertad, frente al parque, fue
el
lugar
donde
1907. El visitante a esta
los refugiados
fueron procesados por
la
fabnea podra observar a
los
los
tabaqueros enrollando
documentos de
fabnea de tabacos en
un lugar visitado con
oficina de
los tradicionales
tabacos cubanos. Para visitai
la
fabnea es mejoi llamar con anticipacion.
inmigracion. Este parque esta ubicado cerca de Bayside Marketplace, Bayside
esta*
a la bahia.
eompuesto por una
Muchos eventos y
que conmemora este parque.
la
Uno
serie
de tiendas y restaurants aledanos
festivales, tales
como
el
Veinte de
Mayo
independencia de Cuba, se celebran anualmente en
de los
monumentos mas
West 44th Street entre las Avenidas 8 y i: Hialeah El 33012
re< ienti I
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(
la
Libertad. evocacion a los balseros cubanos En I994
refugiados cubanos cruzaron las noventa nullas que
luba de
Cayo Hueso en
rudimentarias. La
frigUes cimaras
columna de maraiol
rinde
ain
tie
homenajea
balseros desconocidos que perdieron sus vidasen
el
mar,
i
Ids
miles
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los
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las
el
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la
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war
Cuban-Hebrew Congregation
Maceo 700-member congregation
and oldest Cuban-Hebrew organizations
largest
in
as the
"Bronze Titan"
born sculptor Tony Lopez created the Izquierdo statue and the
(305) 534-7213 Established in 1961, this
He was known
for independence.
because of his courage and undying love for his country. Cuban-
Miami Beach, FL 33139
1700 Michigan Avenue,
bust.
one of the
is
Miami. The
Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture
Conservative Jewish congregation built the Temple Beth Shmuel
which holds many
and
traditional
1300 S.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33129 religious events.
(305) 858-8006 This
Cuban Memorial Boulevard
museum was
because
S.W. 8th Street and 13th Avenue, Miami, FL This two-block stretch off Calk Ocho
ments dedicated
to heroes
who
is
the
men who
Honor of
have fought
in the struggle for
died in the 1961
who
Bay of
An commemo-
Pigs invasion of Cuba.
is
a
bronze statue of Nestor A. "Tony"
who
Izquierdo. a Cuban revolutionary hero
A
of people
who
and
a
bronze
map
of
Cuba
The fourth monument
marker that
reads.
motherhood and deep devotion
monument valiant
24
is
a
is
Cuban
making
their
a statue of the
"Motherhood
Blessing." representing the typical
fought in the Bay of
dedicated to "the ideals
is
will never forget the pledge of
fatherland free:'
Mary
the
as the
"Museum without
Walls"
permanent location from 1975 to 1982.
Cuban
art
permanent collection includes paintings, books,
Its
documents,
letters
and an 1895 Cuban
flag in its
original condition.
Domino Club 1444 S.W. 8th
/
Street,
Maximo Gomez Park Miami, FL 33130
attempted to overthrow the Castro regime.
The second monument
Pigs invasion.
is
known
the 2506 Brigade, a memorial to
annual ceremony on the anniversary of the invasion rates the soldiers
and culture. historical
Cuban independence. The most prominent monument Eternal Torch in
monu-
first
did not have a
dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of
It is
the boulevard of
it
is
Virgin
God's Greatest
family's reverence of
to the Virgin Mary.
The
last
bronze bust of General Antonio Maceo. the
Afro-Cuban general
who
led troops in the
1895 Cuban
This
the world renowned park in Little Havana where
is
of the
Domino Club
(mostly elderly
Cuban men)
Cuban
to play
dominoes or
politics
and reminisce about Cuba. The park
Maximo Gomez y Liberating Army.
chess, drink
the
skill
and courage, the Cuban
War
Cuban Revolutionary War 17, 1905.
On
of 1868-1878
for General
of 1895.
He
Cuban
loyalist led
and again during
died in
Havana on
the anniversary of his death in 1989, a
commemorative plaque was placed
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
named
cigars, talk
Baez, the Dominican-born Chief of the
With
troops during the Ten Years'
June
is
members
gather every day
smoke
coffee,
in the park.
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1700 Michigan Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33 139
Grajales fue conocido
Tony Lopez
(305) 534-7213 una congregacion de mas de 700
Establecida en 1961, consta con
miembros y
es
una de
organizaciones cubano-hebreas
las
mas
Miami. Esta congregacion hebrea conservadora construyo Shmuel, y en
el se
muchos eventos
realizan
religiosos
y
el
museo
se
como
conocio inicialmente
esfuerzos a preservar y exhibir
permanente a los
estatua de Izquierdo y
el
busto de Maceo.
el
"museo
que carecia de una sede permanente de 1975-1982.
S.W. 8 Street and 13 Avenue, Miami, FL 33 130
monumentos dedicados
Antonio Maceo y
(305) 858-8006
tradicionales.
Cuban Mi wrial Boule\
la
patria
1300 S.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33 16$
El
Estas dos cuadras adyacentes a
la
la
"Titan de Bronce." El escultor cubano
el
Cubano de Arte yCvltura
antiguas de
Templo Beth
esculpio
como
Calle
heroes de
Ocho la
es
una avenida con
del
mismo
el
arte
y
la
sin paredes" El
museo
debido a
dedica sus
cultura cubana. La coleccion
esta constituida por pinturas. libros.
documentos histoncos. correspondencia y una bandera cubana en
independencia de Cuba.
El
perfecto estado que data de 1895.
monumento
principal es
2506. Dicha antorcha
es
la
Antorcha Eterna en Honor a
un tributo
invasion de Bahfa de Cochinos, el
aniversario de
derrocar
la
de bronce de Nestor A.
cubano quien peleo en bronce de olvidaran
Cuba el
la
maternidad es
1961.
la
Una ceremonia anual en
segundo monumento
es
invasion de Bahfa de Cochinos. El
liberar a la patria." El cuarto
Virgen Maria y hay una placa que
mayor bendicion de
tradicional reverencia de la familia
mapa
profunda devotion a
la
Virgen Maria.
El
a la
ultimo
busto de bronce del General Antonio Maceo.
cubano quien dingio
a sus tropas
maternidad y
durante
la
monumento el
el
Street
Miami FLS3130
celebre parque de
nunca
Pequena Habana donde
es
tabacos, hablar de politica
Maximo Gomez
ejercito libertador de
la
destreza y cora)e durante
es
luego durante
un
Habana
el
la
y recordar
Baez,
Cuba.
la
valiente general afro-
se
los
miembros
del
reunen
diariamente para jugar domino, a)edrez, beber cafe cubano. fumar
General
guerra de independencia
la
Club de Domino (en su mayoria cubanos de edad)
de
"La
Dios." Esta representa
cubana
Este es
monumento
dice:
S.W 8th
1444
una estatua
revolucionario
esta dedicado a "los ideales de aquellos quienes
la la
El
"Tony" Izquierdo, heroe
juramento de
una imagen de
hombres que cayeron en
a los
Cuba en
Brigada
invasion recuerda a los combatientes que intentaron
regimen de Castro.
al
la
la
El
el
a
Cuba.
El
parque honra
dominicano quien
General
Guerra de
Gomez los
dingio a sus tropas con
Diez Ar
Guerra de Independencia en I895
17 de junio de 1905. En
el
al
r'uera el jefe del
Muno
en La
aniversario de su muertt
develo una placa conmemorativa en este parque
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
25
Left:
Flamingos
Hialeah Park
in
Center: Evangelization Plaza Right: Cesu Catholic Church
Izquierda: Flamencos en el
Centro: Plaza de
la
Hipodromo
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Evangelization Plaza
one of Miami's oldest churches. Four
720 N.E 27th
Spanish Colonial Revival style church, one of
Miami, FL 33137
Street,
few remaining
(305) 576-2748
first
This Spanish-style plaza, built in 1987, commemorates the early
and Spanish explorers that came to evangelize
Jesuit missionaries
and convert the Tequesta Indians to Christianity century.
before
Many of
coming
in the 16th
the priests and explorers were residing in
to the shores of Florida. There are five
at the plaza that
commemorate
where
a
Cuba
monuments
the martyrs and heroes of those
religious
the mass to
for the
their invasion of
show
an ornate,
Bay
It
was
the church
of Pigs soldiers before they
Cuba. Thousands of people came to
their support
In 1974, the church
heroes.
it is
downtown Miami's when Cubans
and humanitarian needs.
mass was celebrated
embarked on
stories high,
Since 1959,
Miami, Gesu Catholic Church has served the Cuban
arrived in
community's
historical landmarks.
and extend good wishes to
was
their
National Register of
listed in the
Historic Places.
early missions.
Hialeah
Freedom Tower 600Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33
Incorporated in 1925, the City of Hialeah
after the Giralda
Tower
in Seville, Spain, this building
constructed in 1925 in the Spanish Renaissance Revival
32 years
it
served as the
home
of the
For
style.
Miami Daily News, one
was
of
famous horse racetrack known
of
Cubans concentrated
churches and schools. elect a
It is
it
was where
nearly 500,000 were
frequently referred to as the
Ellis
Island of the
South or the Statue of Liberty of Cuban refugees. In 1979. the building
was
listed in the
'40 N.E.
2nd
Street,
in
was one
It
of the
it
80s, large
into a
numbers
Cuban
enclave,
stores, bakeries,
first cities in
Miami
to
Cuban-born mayor. Today, more than 125,000 Cubans
Hialeah making
it
one of Miami's most Cuban-populated
In 1979, the Hialeah Park
was
listed in the
Historical
Museum
101 W. Flagler Street,
Miami, FL 33 132
National Register of
of Southern Florida
Miami, FL 33 130
(305) 375-1492
The
original parish
Miami was
was founded
incorporated.
The
in 1896, the
same year the City of
present building, built in 1922,
is
Located in beautiful
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
-
downtown Miami,
live
cities.
Historic Places.
National Register of Historic Places.
Gesu Catholic Church I
in Hialeah turning
complete with Cuban restaurants, grocery
honor of Cuban refugees because processed.
to Hialeah Park,
for its beautiful gardens
and flock of pink flamingos. In the 1970s and
Miami's oldest newspapers. In 1962, the building was renamed in
first
home
is
13 Florida's
Modeled
this
museum
has year-
An
Lydia Cabrera
ethnologist,
artist,
and writer
historian
but developed her interest
(1899-1991)
in
in
Cabrera was born
of folk tales,
Afro-Cuban culture
She moved back to Cuba
to study.
in Paris,
in
where she had gone
Havana, in
1
927
1938, and after the Castro revolution fled to
Madrid and then to Miami. She wrote 23 books and compiled a dictionary of the Afro-
Cuban Yoruba language. Her best-known work was
Scholar
Monte, considered the most
El
important book about santeria, a mix of Catholic teachings and native African religions tnat evolved
Escritora
among former
slaves in the Caribbean.
Etnologa, escritora, historiadora y artista, Lydia Cabrera nacio en La
el pais
pasar a Miami. Escribio 23
una
el catolicismo, es
SS^^^SSSSSSES
luego del triunfo de
libros y
es El Monte, considerado el libro
y
la
revolucion castrista. Salio
importante de
la santeria.
que se desarrollo en
La santeria, el
mezda de
Caribe durante
libro
de
las
mas antiguas de Miami.
omamentado
Este
edificio de cuatro
pisos pertenece al estilo restauracion colonial espanola
Miami, FL 33 137
Street,
pocos edificios historicos que quedan en
(305) 576-2748
cuando
Esta plaza de estilo espanol, construida en 1987, marca
evangelizacion y conversion de los indios tequestas parte de los misioneros y exploradores espanoles.
sacerdotes y exploradores residian en
La plaza cuenta con cinco
Cuba
mas afamado
las religiones africanas
la esclavitud.
oiimuLiiLLgsa
Plaza de la Evangelizacion 720 N.E. 27
y
rumbo a Madrid para luego
compilo un diccionario del idioma yoruba en Cuba. Su
mas
religion sincretka
Habana
donde babia ido a profundizar sus estudios en 1927. Regreso
desarrollo su interes en to afro-cubano en Paris,
a Cuba en 1938 abandono
al
el
cristianismo por
Muchos de
antes de pasar a
monumentos que conmemora
los
cubanos comenzaron a
Gesu ha servido
esfuerzo de
el
Miami,
llegar a
y
uno de
es
los
centra de Miami. Desde 1959. la Iglesia
Catolica de
necesidades religiosas y humanitarias de esta
las
comunidad. Esta fue
la iglesia
donde
se celebro la
misa para
los
combatientes de Bahia de Cochinos antes de que se embarcaran para
los
invadir a Cuba. Miles de personas vinieron a
misa para mostrar su
la
la Florida.
a los martires
apoyo y desearles el
lo
mejor a sus heroes. En 1974
la iglesia
fue inscrita en
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos.
y heroes de estas primeras misiones.
HlALEAH
Torre delaLibertad 600 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33
La ciudad de Hialeah, incorporada en 1925, es
13
Tomando como modelo
la
Giralda de Sevilla, Espana, este edificio estilo
restauracion renacimiento espanol, fue construido en 1925. Durante 32
anos sirvio de sede viejos de la ciudad.
al
\lu\mi IXuly Sews, uno de los periodicos
En 1962
el edificio
cambio de nombre en honor
medio millon de cubanos refugiados en cuyas inmigracion.
Con
mas
frecuencia se refiere a este edificio
como
En 1979
Libertad de los cubanos refugiados.
el
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos.
Iglesia
Catouca
140N.E. Ind
Street
al
se radico
y de
la isla Ellis
la
en
edificio fue inscrito
las
una gran concentracion de cubanos
bellos jardines
decadas de
los setenta
y
el
escuelas. Hialeah fue
Miami en
elegir a
un
una de
las
y ochenta
en Hialeah convirtiendola
primera
alcalde cubano.
de 125,000 cubanos y es una de
las
Hoy
el
iglesias
rea del dia.
ciudades de
densidad de poblacion cubana. En 1979
el
las
en un enclave cubano con sus restaurantes. bodegas, panaderias,
salas espero el proceso
del sur o la Estatua de
bandadas de flamencos rosados. En
sede del Hialeah Park,
la
famoso hipodromo floridano conocido por sus
gran
Hialeah cuenta con mas la
zona a
i
Hialeah Lark fue inscrito en
el
Registro Nacional de Lugares Hisl
de Ges\
Miami
II
ici W. Flagler Street
53132
Miami
11
33130
(305)375-1492 La parroquia original fue fundada en I896,
incorporo
la
el
mismoaiioque
ciudad de Miami. La iglesia actual, edificada en
se :
herencia Cubana en La Florida
d(
Miami, este museo presenta exhibit
i
27
Below: Atocha model
Museum
at Historical
Southern Florida
of
Right: Calle
Abajo: Modelo del Atocha en
Museo
el
Ocho
Historico del Sur
de
Festival
la Florida
Derecha: Festival de Calle Ocho
^lAMk i\ i. >JL y CvX u\'
round exhibits
museum's
relating to
Cuban
exhibits, "Tropical
model of Nuestm Senora de Atocha and
W Tebeau Library of Florida History graphs, cigar labels, postcards and
Ten
Cuban
Years' War, the
The museum
also sponsors
Civil
Spanish-style architecture, the vibrant colors and the smell of
a
The museum's Charlton
rich
is
with
photo-
historical
documents that preserve Cuban
also contains information
It
world renowned stretch of Latin shops and restaurants. Amid the
of the
raft,
a life-size reproduction of a
sentry tower from Castillo do San Marcos.
heritage in Florida.
One
history and culture.
Dreams," includes a Cuban
War and
about the Cuban
the Spanish-American War.
walking tours of
Little
Cuban
delicacies.
cigar
used for Santeria (white magic
with Street,
Nestled between the site of a
named
Ocho
Mart! Park
351 S.W.4th
Miami, FL 33130
Miami
Tequesta Indian
after
Cuban
sixteen centuries ago.
was donated by the Cuban
Miami
Tourist
is
Commission
Street,
not apply for a visa to
U.S.A. West of
is
to the City of
Riverside,
as Little
Miami's Flagler
Miami
28
The
heart of Little
is
Little
and S.W 8th
Havana. This
Havana
own
originally
been predominantly Hispanic since Cubans in 1959.
shirts.
street party that attracts
festivities
climax
more than
a
Little Havana's
Walk
of Fame
S.W. 8th Street between 12th and 17th Avenues, Miami, FL
From 12th Avenue
to 17th
Among the
Avenue on
Calle Ocho, star-shaped
commemorate renowned Hispanic
honored are Cuban American singer Gloria
Miami City Hall and Dinner Key Marina visit
downtown, between
now known
men's linen
Estefan and the "Queen of Salsa," singer/actress Celia Cruz.
Ocho
Miami, FL
3.3 square mile section of
myriad of boutiques
The week-long
streetfest.
plaques along the sidewalk
Little Havana. U.S.A. / Calle
lies a
Miami
Mardi Gras-type
celebrities.
One need
a
traditional
the street that serves as the backdrop to the annual Calle
Carnival a
and
more
potions and tools
a bust of Marti.
in 1950.
S.W 8th
rituals),
sell
can watch
For the
cigars.
was the
The park
writer and hero of independence, Jose Marti
(1853-1895). Near the northern edge of the park It
a passerby
million people each year.
River and Little Havana, this
camp
where
workers make traditional hand-rolled
is
bakeries and
where one can sample Cuban
factories
adventurous, there are botanicas, shops that
This
Jose
There are cigar
where one can purchase guayaberas,
Havana.
Cuban
coffee, there are exotic fruit stands,
casual sidewalk counter cafes
is
first
known
Havana,
Site of Pan
Street,
3500 Pan American
as
American Seaplane Base and Ferminal Building Drive,
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 250-5300
an area that has arrived in
Miami
Calle Ocho, 8th Street, the
Pan American Airways flew the to
Havana on October
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
•
28, 1927.
first
The
airmail service from plane, a Fokker F-7,
Key West
was
Left: Little
Right:
Havana
Miami
City Hall
Izquierda: La
Pequena Habana
Derecha: Ayuntamiento de
Miami
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la
historia
y cultura cubana durante todo
permanentes
del
el ario.
Una
de
exhibiciones
las
museo, "Suenos Tropicales," esta compuesta de una
un modelo
balsa traida de Cuba,
reproduccion tamano
del navio Nuestra Seiiora dc Alalia
de una de
real
y una
San Marcos.
las garitas del Castillo de
La biblioteca de este museo, Charlton W. Tekau, cuenta con excelentes
de
colecciones de fotografias historicas, anillos
y documentos que alimentan
tabacos, tarjetas postales
herencia cubana en
la
guarda tambien informacion sobre
la
Guerra de
los
la Florida. El
Diez Anos y
Guerra de Independencia, ambos conflictos belicos cubanos.
tambien auspicia excursiones a
pie de la
El
museo
i^wwy'yyyyyywyili
cubanos
Habana
Calle Ocho. esa conocidisima zona de tiendas y
es la
vibrantes colores y
especialidades de
tabacos donde
el
museo
Pequena Habana.
la
sincretica afro-cubana.
guayabera.
la
Entre Este
el rio
mismo
Miami y
la
lugar fue
dieciseis siglos. El
Pequena Habana
morada de
parque
lleva el
nombre
del escritor
la
independencia Jose Marti (1853-1895). En
se
encuentra un busto de Marti.
Cubana de Turismo
El
a la ciudad de
mismo
el
Parque Marti.
tequestas hace
los indios
la
i
(
alle
No
kho del Southwest, Miami,
necesita solicitar
oeste del centra de
una
visa para visitar La
Miami
entre
la
calk
con una gran
i I
Carnaval de
fiesta, estilo
la
santerfa. religion
Calle Ocho. inclusive
la
Calle
Ocho que
una
Ocho
todos los
se eelebra
Mardi Gras,
la
cual atrae a
mas de un millon
la
Comision
r
S.W. 8th Street entre las Avenidas 12y
Miami
11
33130
1950. la
Avemda
lapidas
Ohio
12 a la
35130
e
unocida
como
Habana. Esta ha sido una zona predominantenu
la
mundo
Calle Ocho. en
estrellas
cantante
Oi ho de
y ahora
la
La Peq
nti
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
acl
con
los
la
acera,
hay
nombres de
hispano. Entre los honrados se encuentran
cantante cubano americana Gloria Estefan y
Pequena Habana,
Flagli
Avenida 17 en
conmemorativas en forma de
seccion suroeste se encuentra una zona de 3.3 millas cuadr
inicialmente llamada
la
cubano y heroe de
donado por
\\ Habana, U.S.A./Cai.ii II
ofrecen una incursion a
necesita ropa nueva pudiera comprarla en
tradicional camisa de hilo para hombres. La Calle
personalidades del '
fabricas de
elaboration de los tabacos
de personas.
mas de
De
La Peq\
le
si
la
aventureros. las botanicas con sus
seccion norte del parque
fue
Miami en
Y
mas
anos en esta ciudad. Las festividades. que duran una semana. culminan
encuentra
se
Aqui encontrara
reposteria cubana.
tiendas a lo largo de
sirve de trasfondo al
Miami, FL 33130
Pequena
la
cubano hallamos puestos de frutas
visitante podra observar
muchas
corazon de
cubanas y pequenos cafes donde podra saborear
pociones y "herramientas"
las
1959. El
arquitectura de estilo espanol. los
olor a cafe
el
tropicales, panaderias las
la
enrollados a mano. Para los
la
Jose Marti Street,
a
restaurantes latinos. Entre
una de
351 S.W.4th
Miami en
llegada de los
la
1 la
"reina de
la
guaracha,
la
Born
Ernesto Lecuona
in
Guanabacoa, Cuba on August
Ernesto Lecuona the
(1896-1963)
was
a child prodigy,
Cuban National Conservatory
an exile
in
the early
1
7,
1
896, world renowned pianist and composer
making
debut
his public
of Music, graduating in
960s and moved
to
Tampa and then
1
at
91
age
3.
five.
rumba and conga rhythms Aragon and scores
Musico/Compositor
Songs
to North America.
like
left
Lecuona
not only as a great musician and composer, but also as the person
Musician/Composer
He attended
Lecuona
to Spain.
who
Cuba as
known
is
introduced
Malaguena, Black Rhapsody,
productions including Maria La 0, El Cafetal, Rosa la
for thirty
China and Lola Cruz brought comparisons to
and Chopin and made
Liszt
a fan
out of
George Gershwin, among many others throughout the world. Elpianista y compositor de
fama mondial, Ernesto Lecuona nacid en Guanabacoa, Cuba
Lecuona fue un nino prodigio e hizo su debut a
la
edad de
anos de
exilio
en Tampa, siguiendo luego rumbo a Espaha.
composiciones sino como tambien por ser composiciones, tales Cafetal,
Rosa
named
•
*
'
later,
Pan American started the
first
persona que introdujo
como Malagueha, Black Rhapsody, Aragon y
otros
la
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daily passenger service
Our Lady 3609
S.
i.
-
los
rumba y
conga a Norteamerica.
la
musicales para Maria
las acotaciones
Liszt
George Gershwin,
y Chopin.
de fama internacional, fueron admiradores de
General Machado after Cuba's president. Less than three
months
la
anos sesenta y paso los primeros A Lecuona no solo se conoce por su musica y
China y Lola Cruz causaron comparaciones con
como
pianista, asi
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la
de agosto de 1896.
el 7
cinco aftos. Lecuona asistio al Conservatorio Nacional
de Musica, graduandose en 1913. Lecuona abandono Cuba a principios de
el
Sus
la 0, E[
conocido
musica de Lecuona.
la
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».
of Charity Shrine
Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33133
between Key West and Havana. Between 1930 and 1934, Pan American relocated
its
base to Dinner Key where
nation's busiest commercial seaplane terminal.
the base, built in 1931,
towed by tugs pilings at the
to
was
a
became the
it
The
first
hanger on
houseboat made in Havana and
Miami. The houseboat, which was anchored to
with barges
was the
at each end,
passenger "terminal"
first
Dinner Key Seaplane Base. The permanent terminal,
converted into the
Miami City
in
Hall in 1954, remains relatively
National Register of Historic Places.
was funded and
honor of Cuba's patroness. The
symbolizes the mantle of the Virgin
Cuban-bom
by Cuban refugees
Mary and
six
the six columns
provinces of Cuba. Inside
a breathtaking mural, painted
is
painter,
of the Catholic
built
distinctive cone-shaped building
around the structure represent the the small shrine
unchanged. In 1975, the Streamline Moderne style building was listed in the
(305) 854-2404 Built in 1966, this shrine
by the
late
Teok Carrasco. The mural unfolds the history
Church
in
Cuba. The statue of the Virgin Mary
that stands before the mural
was brought from Cuba
in 1961.
Behind the shrine facing Biscayne Bay are the busts of Cuban
Museum
of
1376 S.W. 4th
Cuban Baseball Street,
patriots Jose Marti
Players
and Father
Felix Varela.
Miami, FL 33 130
Plaza of Cuban Patriots
(305) 642-4040
West Flagler Street and 17th Avenue, Miami, FL This typical house in
Little
Havana, converted into
preserves pictures and memorabilia of
dating from the founding of the to present-day
Cuban American
Cuban
Cuban
a
museum,
baseball players
Professional League in 1878
baseball players.
More than
This water fountain plaza in the heart of in
honor of Cuban
Cuba, which
is
patriots.
Palm
trees
Little
Havana was
surround a bronze
seventy pictures, displayed on the walls of the museum, showcase
embedded
Cubans who reached the American major
bold letters proclaiming a heartfelt message from the
favorite pastime goes back to 1878,
leagues.
introduced baseball to Cubans on the island. history of baseball
Cuban
is
Parallel
into
community:
sailors
it.
". .
with the
the history of Cuba's integrated society. Afro-
baseball players starred in the
onset, while African
Cubans'
when American
Cuban
leagues from the
American baseball players were forced
in separate leagues in the
to play
United States until 1946.
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
built
map
of
uniquely designed with the faces of the patriots
-
.
Next to the map
is
a
quote by Jose Marti in large
Cuban
the palm trees are sweethearts that wait."
exile
Left:
Our Lady
Below: Plaza
of Charity Shrine (exterior
of
Cuban
and
interior)
Patriots
Izquierda: Ermita de la Caridad del Cobre (exterior e interior)
Abajo: La Plaza de
Cubanidad
la
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fotografias
Ayuntamiento de Miami y Marina del Dinner Key Base de
los
Hidroplanos de
3500 Pan American
la
Pan American
Drive,
paredes de dicho
La aerolinea Pan American realizo
Cayo Hueso y La Habana
honor
al
F-7, fue
el
bautizado con
el
primer servicio de correo aereo
el
nombre de General Machado en
1934. la
Dinner Key, convirtiendose en
mas movimiento en
le
el pais. El
colocaron patanas en
terminal de pasajeros en
la
Pan
estilo
1954,
la
terminal de hidroplanos de
la
ambos extremos,
fue
la
el
al
aho 1878 cuando fue introducido
a la isla por la
tnpulacion de un barco estadounidense. Desde sus comienzos. historia del beisbol
cubano
difirio del
la
norteamericano en cuanto a
su integracion racial. Los peloteros afro-americanos tuvieron que el
aho 1946.
el
Ermita dp la Caridad del Cobre 3609
S.
Miami
Avenue, Miami, PL 33 133
(305) 854-2404
primera
Ayuntamiento de
no ha tenido muchos cambios. En 1975
Streamline Moderne fue inscrito en
este edificio
Registro Nacional de
Este santuario fue financiado y construido por los refugiados
cubanos en 1966 en honor
a la
forma conica simboliza
el
manto de
columnas que rodean
estructura represents
la
del fallecido pintor la
Iglesia
devocion de
di Street,
Miami FL 33130
Esta casa tfpicadela Bequena Habana, convertida
la
Vlrgen Maria y
cubano Took Carrasco.
1'i'lix
El
Cat61ica en Cuba, La imagen de la
Candad
las seis
'.,
provincias
los
Varela
enmu
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
mural narra la
del Cobre, fue trafda de
terioi del edificio.
encuentran
(305) 642-4040
patrona de Cuba. Este edificio de
cubanas. Dentro del santuario. hay un extraordinary mural, obra
iii
1576 S.W. 4th
las
exhiben mas de setenta fotografias de
se
al
Base de Hidroplanos del Dinner Key. La
Lugares Historicos.
Casa
museo
jugar en ligas separadas hasta
primer hangar de esta base,
terminal permanente, que fue convertida en
Miami en
Cubana en 1878
Pan American traslado su
construido en 1931, fue un buque casa fabricado en La Habana y remolcado a Miami. Este navio, que fue anclado a unos pilotes y cual se
cubanos. Estos articulos
Liga Profesional
primer servicio diario de pasajeros entre Cayo
Hueso y La Habana. Entre 1930 y al
el
28 de octubre de 1927. El avion,
entonces presidente cubano. Tres meses despues,
American comenzo
base
la
norteamericanas. El beisbol, pasatiempo favorito de los cubanos, se
remonta
un Fokker
los peloteros
fundacion de
peloteros cubanos que alcanzaron las grandes ligas
/
(305) 250-5300
entre
la
hasta los peloteros cubano americanos de nuestros dias. En
y Edificio de la Terminal
Miami, FL 3313
y recuerdos de
datan desde
mirando hacia
la
la
historia
Virgen Maria, en su
Cuba en
1961
En
Bahfa de Biscayne,
bustosdelos patriotas cubanos
[osel
Mam yd
la
se
Padre
Below &
Right:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Villa Paula 5811 North
Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127
This Neoclassical style house was built circa 1926 by the
government.
It
served as the residence and offices of
Consul Domingo Milord until 1930. Milord's wife,
Villa Paula,
was designed by Havana
Cuban
Cuban
named
architect, C. Freira.
Constructed entirely of materials brought from Cuba,
Coffee Break!
for
One
most popular imports that Cubans have
of the
Villa Paula
brought to Florida reflects the
type of building popular in
Cuba during
is
Cuban
coffee, cafe
cubano. Even
this period.
non-Cubans have adopted the
drinking this
ritual of
Private residence.
strong,
sweet beverage out of paper,
demitasse cups. After
Woodlawn Cemetery 3260 S.W8th
Street,
Miami, FL 33135
Unveiled in 1966, the black marble wall
invasion. Exiled
and Carlos Cemetery.
Cuban
is
less bitter
a tiny shot
makes sense
Combined with
than espresso and a stimulant
in
sugar,
far stron-
ger than American coffee.
(3d) 445-5425
known Cuban Freedom
all,
the hot and humid subtropics. it
plastic or fancy
Fighter"
who
is
a tribute to the ''Un-
died in the
presidents Gerardo
Bay
is
lar-sized
cup of coffee.
of Pigs
Machado (1924-1933)
Prfo Socarras (1948-1952) are buried in
A colada
Woodlawn
what an American would consider
when
But
cubano and accompanied by cups,
it
diners.
meant
is
un buche
in
a stack of
for
is
plastic
little
one would be un cafe
Key West and un buchito
Cafe con leche
a regu-
with cafe
be shared with fellow workers or
to
An order
filled
actually a
full
in
in
Miami,
Tampa.
cup of
warm
milk
with cafe cubano added, light (clarito) or dark (obscuro), and served for breakfast with
bread (tostada) for dunking or for
A
half-sized cafe
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
-
con leche
is
a
Cuban
midnight snack.
called a cortadito.
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17,
Miami, FL 33 130
Esta plaza con su fuente se encuentra ubicada en
Pequena Habana y fue erigida en honor
misma
se
mapa
de palmeras. En dicho
exilio
cubano
mismo
letras al relieve
"...las
corazon de
la isla
la
cubanos. En de
la
Cuba rodeado
iLa
pausa que reanima!
se hallan esculpidos los rostros de los
patriotas cubanos. Al lado del
Marti en grandes
el
a los patriotas
puede observar un mapa de bronce de
se lee
una emotiva
de Jose
cita
proclamando un sentido mensaje
del
palmas son novias que esperan."
Una de la
mas populares aportaciones de los cubanos a ha sido el cafe cubano. Muchos norteamericanos
las
Florida
han adoptado
la
costumbre de tomar
el
cafe en tacitas de
papel, de plastico, o en elegante tacitas de
de todo, tiene sentido una reanimante
VillaPaula
estas tierras casi tropicales
5811 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL 33127 Esta
villa
comienzan
de estilo neoclasico fue construida cerca de 1926 por
cubano. La
villa sirvio
Milord hasta 1930. fue disenada por
el
de residencia y oficinas
Villa Paula,
que Ueva
el
consul cubano
nombre de
la
Domingo
esposa de Milord,
arquitecto habanero C. Freira y edificada con
materiales traidos de Cuba. Villa Paula refleja
popular en
al
gobiemo
el
Cuba durante
ese pen'odo. Esta es
el
estilo
una residencia privada.
el
El
cuando
el
mucho mas
la humedad mucho menos
calor y
cafe con azucar es
espresso y
de cafe en
estimulante que
el
cafe americano.
La colada es lo
normal de
de fabrication
a agotar.
amargo que
Despues
cristal.
tacita
que un norteamericano considera una
cafe. Esta taza
de cafe se distribuye
plasticas para asi compartir
de
taza
a las tacitas
con sus amigos o compaheros
trabajo. Si le gustara pedir uno,
en Miami
diga,
un
cafe,
en Cayo Hueso, un buche, y en Tampa, un buchito. El
3260 S.W 8
Street
Miami FL 33135
cafe con leche es una taza con leche caliente y un
de cafe cubano. Segun
(305) 445-5425 Develada en 1966, esta pared de marmol negro nnde tnbuto "Soldado Desconocido" que cayera en combate durante
la
al
invasion
la
cantidad de cafe que
le
poco
ponga
sera claro u
obscure Cual sea su guto, es delicioso con
pan cubano
y
hambre
a
mantequilla en
el
desayuno, o
si
le
entra
media noche. Un cafe con un poquito de leche
es lo que se conose
como un
cortadito.
de Bahi'a de Cochinos. Los ex-presidentes cubanos, Cerardo
Machado (1924-1933) y Carlos
Prio Socarras (1948 1952),
heron
sepultados en este cementerio>
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
33
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Tampa's Cuban History
to preserve their native cultures and traditions. Spaniards built El
Centra Espahol, and then a splinter group formed Centra Asturiano of
Hernando island a
de Soto, Governor of Cuba, sailed from the
and landed
at
Tampa Bay
Tampa,
a charter of the original
Italians built
in 1539, thus establishing
connection between Cuba and Florida that would bring
thousands of Cuban emigres for the next 400 years.
magnate Henry
B. Plant
Circulo Cubano,
which today provides medical
members and sponsors
cultural
transportation and communication systems to the rest of Florida
with
his
new
railroad.
when It
he linked Tampa
was about
factory due to a decline in the
economy and
labor unrest in
helping to transform a
swampland
into a
Key
Tampa
booming manufacturing
community. By the turn of the century, there were about 150 factories in
West Tampa and Ybor City producing more than
Union Marti-Maceo was
established
fully
own club,
El
services to its
Although white
political events.
initially part of
Havana.
the same club, Florida laws
them
to separate. Thus, La
by Afro-Cubans
in 1907.
same
this
time that Vicente Martinez Ybor was looking to relocate his cigar
West. In 1886, he built the world's largest cigar factory in
and
against integrated social clubs required
revolutionized the
in
today one of the few
is
functioning clubs in Ybor City. Cubans formed their
and black Cubans were In 1884, railroad
Centra Asturiano
L'Unione Italiana which
cigar
Tampa became
the "cradle of
leader Jose Marti
Cuban independence" where Cuban
promoted the Cuban Revolutionary
Party.
Cigar
workers pledged a donation of one day's pay every week toward the cause and
many
even returned to the island to fight alongside
Marti during the war of 1895.
1 1
Tampa
million cigars annually.
also
became the headquarters
for
American troops prepar-
ing to fight in the Spanish-American War. Theodore Roosevelt and Several a
months
Tampa, Martinez Ybor established
after arriving in
steamboat route from Havana to Tampa via Key West bringing
hundreds of Cuban workers on the SS Hutchinson. They were
among as
the
first
to settle in
"Cuba Town." Cubans,
Ybor
City,
in this
City,
which was
who became
in
Tampa grew
originally
Italians
and Germans.
rapidly as the cigar industry grew.
unique multicultural enclave where one can
still
Rough
Riders departed from
the charge on San Juan to their
Hill.
homeland but most
Tampa
for
After the war,
Cuba where they led
many Cubans
of the emigres stayed in
Ybor
returned City.
known
the largest ethnic group in
were soon joined by Spaniards,
The population It is
Ybor
his
find la
Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in America.
Today, the descendants of these early settlers are second and third
generation
Cuban Americans,
Cubans contributed
frequently referred to as Tampenos.
greatly to the development of
large metropolitan city
with
a Latin
assimilated into American culture,
flair.
many
Tampa,
now a
Although Cubans have still
speak their native
tongue, celebrate traditional festivals and events and enjoy
The immigrant communities
established
mutual
aid clubs as a
way
cuisine as evidenced
Florida Cuban heritage Trail
by the numerous Cuban restaurants
in
Cuban Tampa.
1
1.
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La Historia Cubana de Tampa
.
y^ycyi"
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.
mutua
para mantener sus culturas
construyeron
El
y
tradiciones. Los espanoles
Centra Espanol. y otro grupo de
ellos
Centra Asturiano de Tampa; este ultimo siendo una
I I emando de Soto, gobemador de Cuba, zarpo de la isla y I I desembarco en la bahfa de Tampa en 1539. Este hecho JL JL historico establecio el vinculo entre Cuba y la Florida que tendria
como consecuencia
la
hoy en
dia es
uno de
los
pocos clubs que aun quedan activos en Ybor
City. Los cubanos, por su parte, el
formaron su propio
A pesar que al
cubanos negros y blancos formaban parte
En
1884,
el
magnate ferrocarnlero Henry
B. Plant
de transporte y comunicacion cuando conecto a Florida por
medio de su nuevo
Vicente Martinez Ybor se
Cayo Hueso debido laborales.
En
Tampa y con
1886, ella
a
la
le
la
millones de tabacos
segregacionistas de
por
lo
de vapores entre
mas grande de
A
Tampa
e
principios de siglo. habia cerca
Ybor City que producian mas
La
Tampa, Martinez Ybor
Habana
cientos de trabajadores cubanos en
el
primeros en asentarse en Ybor City,
con
el
via
establecio
Cayo Hueso, trayendo
una ruta
que
cual se conocio en sus
nombre de "Cuba Town." Los cubanos, que
y alemanes. La poblacion de Tampa
crecia la industria del tabaco.
encontramos la Gaceta, los
el
en
"la
cuna de
de trabajo a a
la
semana para
para luchar
la isla
al
la
independencia cubana" donde
y respaldo
el
la
el
Partido Revolucionano
comprometieron a donar
se
causa revolucionana y
lado de Marti durante
los
la
comienzos
se convirtieron
crecio
en
fue tambien
su
Loma de San t
ierra,
pero
la
el
salano de un dia
muchos
regresaron
guerra de 1895
En este singular enclave multicultural
unico penodico publicado en tres ldiomas en
Hoy
dia, los
la
Juan.
la
Despues de
mayoria
se
norteamencanas que
se
Guerra Hispano-Norteamencana. Theodore
la
Tampa
hacia
Cuba y cargaron en
muchos cubanos R
guerra.
quedo en Ybor
City.
descendientes de estos primeros pobladores son cubano le
de tampenos.
segunda y tercera generation y Los cubanos aportaron
mucho
ahora una gran metropolis con acento latino se
han asimilado
celebran
Las comunidades de inmigrantes establecieron sociedades de ayuda
cuartel central de las tropas
el
con rapidez a medida
Estados Unidos.
el
preparaban para luchar en
Roosevelt y sus Rougjk Riders saheron de
asi
SS Hutchinson. Estos fueron
la
grupo etnico mayor de Ybor City, pronto fueron seguidos por espanoles, italianos
se convirtio
patriota jose Marti organizo
Cubano. Los tabacaleros
ano.
al
llegada a
Tampa y
integracion en los clubs y
la
establecida en 1907 por cubanos negros.
Tampa Meses despues de su
no permitian
Florida
la
miembros y
principio los
club, las leyes
tanto tuvieron que separarse. La Union Marti-Maceo fue
Tampa
economia y a problemas
fabrica de tabacos
la
una pujante comunidad manufacturera.
1 1 1
resto de la
a transformar aquellos terrenos pantanosos en
de 150 fabricas de tabacos en West de
el
mismo
del
ocurrio trasladar su fabrica de tabacos de
disminucion de
Ybor construyo
ayudo
revoluciono los sistemas
Tampa con
Fue por esta misma epoca que
ferrocarril.
club. El Circulo
cual todavia proporciona servicios medicos a sus
patrocina eventos culturales y politicos.
proximos 400 anos.
el
Centra
del
Asturiano de La Habana. Los italianos fundaron L'Unione Italiana que
Cubano.
inmigracion de miles cubanos en los
formaron
filial
las
a la cultura
norteamericana,
tradicionales fiesta:
evidente en los numerosos restauiantes
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
se les al
A
conoce con
el
nombre
desanollo de Iampa, pesai de que los
cubanos
muchos aun hab i
ina cubana,
i
35
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,
Centro Asturiano of Tampa
in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, this
building
1913 North Nebraska Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33602
is
grand
occupied by Cafe Creole and El Pasaje Club.
(813) 224-9185
Cigar Factories of the Past Centro Asturiano, the
largest
constructed in 1914 after the
Much
like
mutual first
other mutual aid clubs in Tampa,
a cantina, a well-stocked library, a
offered complete medical care for
was
aid club in
established
Ybor
gym, and its
it
a
had
it
was fire.
a large ballroom,
bowling
alley
and
members. Although the club
by Spaniards, many Cubans were
During the 1930s,
City,
clubhouse was destroyed by
also
members.
produced top-notch plays and zarzuelas
(musical comedies), and hosted
some
in the nation. Today, the club's
ballroom
the public every weekend. In 1974,
it
of the finest opera performers is
was
open to
a Latin disco
listed in the
National
Register of Historic Places.
West Tampa and Ybor City
booming
Unlike the cigar factories of Key West where one manufacturer associated with a particular building,
most of the
Tampa and Ybor City changed hands
rapidly.
cigar factory buildings
of the cigar workers
and
Samuel
FL 33605
Davis
there
were many Spaniards
most of these buildings have been
The
cigar factories are located within the
District or the
&
is
West
of the brick
Ybor City Historic
District.
Company
900 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606
(813) 247-6283 (Cafe Creole)
Built
(813) 248-3782 (El Pasaje) Built in 1886
I.
factories in
Many
remain relatively unchanged. The majority
was Cuban but
Italians as well. Today,
West Tampa Historic
1320- 1330 East 9th Avenue, Ybor City,
communities into
thriving municipalities during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
converted to other uses.
Cherokee Club/El Pasaje/Cafe Creole
with reminders of the
are filled
cigar industry that shaped these rural
around 1910,
this building has a
unique octagonal
tower that was used to house the water tank and sprinkler
with funds donated by Vicente Martinez Ybor,
system
for fire prevention.
Garcia
& Vega Company/Villazon & Company
this
two-story structure was the second brick building erected in Ybor City.
It
casino,
was home
and
windows
later
to the
became
Cherokee Club, El
designed by
Cuban and Spanish
Roosevelt, Sir
a hotel
and gambling
and marble columns were
artisans. Jose Marti,
Theodore
Winston Churchill and other notables were frequent
guests at the hotel and restaurant. In 1972, the building
36
3102-4 N. Armenia Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607
Hotel Pasaje. The stained-glass
as well as the arched brick
was
(813) 879-2291 Built in the early 1900s, this
is
one of the only factories
manufacturing cigars in Tampa.
listed
Florida Cuban heritage Trail
-
still
T^e
Paulina Pedroso
^''^ war
°'
1878 n '
^
a
*
orcec^ Pau '' na Pedroso
ar, d
ner husband Ruperto,
prominent Afro-Cuban leaders, to move to Key West and then to Ybor (
1
and Paulina managed
r0 " e d c '8 ars
826- 1913)
City.
behalf of a free Cuba. With Marti as a frequent guest, Ruperto slept
Ruperto
working on
a boarding house, while tirelessly
the hallway
in
near the Cuban leader's bedroom, guarding against would-be assassins while
p-atrjnt
mother
Paulina, acting as second
throughout
tiring travels
rOtflOtO
to Jose Marti, nursed
worked
Florida. Paulina
to help gain Cuba's freedom from Spanish
ground, part of the Park of the Friends of Marti
in
him back to health
after his
Afro-Cubans and
women
to rally
homesite
rule. Their
Ybor
City. In
1
is
now hallowed
91 0, the Pedrosos
returned to Cuba where they were honored as heroes of the revolution.
Paulina Pedroso y su esposo Ruperto se trasladaron a Cayo Hueso y luego a Ybor City despues del fracaso de
Cuerra de
los Diez
Ruperto dormio en
el pasillo
la
Cuando Marti se quedaba en casa de
independencia de Cuba.
para proteger
como una segunda madre. Paulina
al patriota
regresaron a Cuba donde fueron honrados
^CVi VVsAVCs.VsV VA \
^
de cualquier atentado, mientras que Paulina
como heroes de
City.
CentroAsturianode Tampa
cuidaba
independencia.
la
ijflHH
el
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos.
Creole y
1913 North Nebraska Avenue, Ybor City FL 33602
lo
En 1910, los Pedroso
'-Vs. 'v. \.
.
los Pedroso,
alento a los afro-cubanos y a las mujeres en la lucha contra Espana. El terreno
que ocupaba su casa ahora esta vacio y es parte del Parque Arnigos de Marti en Ybor
BEE
la
Anos en Cuba. Ruperto era tabaquero y Paulina llevaba una casa de huespedes. Paulina fue
una incansable luchadora pot
El Pasaje
Hoy dia,
lo
ocupa
Cafe
el
Club.
(813) 224-9185
Fabricas de Tabacos del Ayer El
Centra Asturiano,
la
sociedad de ayuda
construido en 1914 luego que
la
mutua en Ybor City
fue
primera casa club fuera destruida por un
incendio. Al igual que las otras sociedades de ayuda mutua. tenia
amplio salon de bolera,
y
baile,
una cantina, una
ofrecia atencion
centra fue establecido por espanoles,
mismo. Durante
la
a sus
miembros. Aunque
muchos cubanos formaban
la
e
Ybor City estan
llenas de recuerdos de la epoca del
con
el
parte del
las tabacaleras
edificio
en
siglo.
En contraste
de Cayo Hueso donde un fabncante se asocia con un
particular, la
mayoria de
cambiaban de dueno con
decada de 1930, se realizaban zarzuelas de alta
apogeo
industna tabacalera que transformo a estas comunidades rurales en
pujantes municipalidades durante fines y principios de
un gimnasio. una
biblioteca,
medica completa
West Tampa de
un
rapidez.
las
fabncas de West
Muchas de
las
Tampa
e
Ybor City
fabncas de tabacos
categoria y en sus salas actuaron los mejores cantantes de opera del pais.
hechas de ladnllo se han mantenido con pocos cambios. La mayoria de los
Hoy
obreros era cubana pero tambien laboraron
dia, el salon
de baile del centra es una discoteca latina abierta
publico todos los fines de semana. En 1974, fue inscrito en
al
En
Registro
el
la
usos.
Nacional de Lugares Histoncos.
muchos de
actualidad
Historico de West
Cherokee Clvb/El Pasaje/Cafe 1320-1330 Bast 9th Avenue, Ybor
City,
Cm u
estos edificios
I
Tampa o
D
el
Distnto Histonco de Ybor City.
Tampa
II
(813) 247-6283 (Cafe Creole)
Construido alrededor de 1910, este
(813) 248-3782 (Fl Pasaje)
torre octagonal
que
53606 edificio tiene
se utilizaba para
sistema de riego por aspersion.
City.
Albergo
como
El
al
el
segundo
edificio de ladnllos
Cherokee Club, un hotel y casino que luego
Hotel Pasaje. Los
vitrales, asi
como
el
se
arco de ladrillos
en Ybor conocio
y
las
columnas de marmol fueron disenadas por artesanos cubanos y espanoles. Jose Marti,
Theodore Roosevelt,
Sir
Esta fabrica construida a principios de siglo
Winston Churchill y otras
personalidades frecuentaron este hotel. En 1972,
el
edificio fue inscrito
en
Elbricasde tabacos en
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
:
una singular
deposito de agua y un
Este edificio de dos plantas fue construido en 1886 con fondos donados
por Vicente Martinez Ybor. Fue
e italianos.
Vi
900 N.Howard Avenue
FL 33605
muchos espanoles
han sido convertidos para otras
Las fabricas de tabacos estan localizadas dentro del Distnto
I
I
impa,
Left: Cigarmaking in
Ybor Right: Cigar Maker's
City
House
Museum
Izquierda: Tabaquero en
Ybor City
Derecha: Museo de los
Y
Pendas
Casa de
la
Tabacaleros
& Alvarez Company
Tampa Rico
2301 N. Albany, West Tampa, FL 35607
This 1910 building has clocks
on
its
a
1901 North 15th
Ybor
City,
FL 55605
four sides.
Vincent SlEDENBERC AND
Ybor
Street,
& Tampa
2505 North 2
COMPANY
2205 North 20th (8
Street,
(815) 247-6758
unique seven-story water tower with
City,
Cigar
1st Street,
Company
Ybor City FL 55605
(815) 248-15'11
FL 33567
15)242-9222
Built
between 1896 and 1898,
this
is
the second oldest cigar
factory in Tampa. Presently the building
is
occupied by the
Cigar Maker's House
Museum
1804 East 9th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605
Ybor City Brewing Company.
The
1510 North 22ml
Street,
six
wooden houses
in this area
were
and exemplify the typical houses that
Arturo Fuente Cigar Factory
the cigar
Ybor City FL 35605
making
era in
Ybor
City.
built in the early 1890s
cigar
workers lived in during
They were
originally located
on
5th Avenue, just east of 15th Street, and were moved to this
(815)248-5758
location in the mid-1980s to be preserved and to create a turn-ofBuilt in the 1890s, this three-story building for shipping
is
currently used
and warehousing tobacco products and
supplies.
Cigar Factories of Today: Good
few
cigar
is
open daily
One
of the houses serves as a
to the public.
A nominal admission
museum
fee
is
required.
Columbia Restaurant
quality cigars can be purchased at these small cigar shops
that have a
the-century street scene.
and
workers on the premises making traditional
2
/
17 East 7th Avenue, Ybor City,
FL 33205
(813)248-4961
hand-rolled cigars. Established in 1905 El Sol Cigars
1725 East 7th Avenue
(815)248-5905
most famous and Ybor City, FL 55605
by Casimiro Hernandez,
this
is
Ybor City's
oldest continuously operating eating establish-
ment. The huge two-story restaurant occupies an entire block along Ybor's busiest street, 7th Avenue,
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
-
known
as La Septima.
Left:
Columbia Restaurant
Below: Flamenco dancers
the Columbia Restaurant
at
Izquierda: Restourante Columbia
Abajo: Bailadoras flamenco en
el
Restourante Columbia
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-
-
-
*&£&&
& Alvarez Company
YPendas
Tampa Rn o 1901 North 13th
2301 N. Albany, West Tampa, FL 33607 Este edificio que data de 1910 tiene
agua de
con
siete pisos
relojes
un
Street,
Ybor
en sus cuatro caras. Cigar
SlEDENBERG AND
2503 North 21st
COMPANY
2205 North 20th
Ybor
Street,
FL 33605
City,
(813)247-6738
singular deposito de
City,
Street,
CoMPAm
Ybor
FL 33605
City,
(813)248-1511
FL 33567
(813) 242-9222
Esta es
la
segunda fabrica de tabacos mas antigua de Tampa.
Fue construida entre 1896 y 1898.
ocupado por
la
Compania Cervecera de Ybor
MUSEO DE LA CASA
DE LOS TaBACALEROS
1804 Edit 9th Avenue, Ybor City, FL 33605
El edificio actual esta
City.
Las seis casas de madera de esta area fueron construidas a principios de
decada de 1890. Estas ejemplifican FAbrica
ni-
Taba(
1310 North 22nd
<
is
ArturoFvente
Street,
Ybor
City,
obreros durante
el
Originalmente,
las
apogeo de
la
las tipicas
Calk Este edificio de tres plantas fue construido en
Actualmente
se utiliza para
la
decada de
En estas tabacaleras
se
almacenamiento y envios de
tabacos a mano,
la
forma
15,
siglo.
Una
Hay una
Hoy Dia
pueden comprar tabacos de buena
tabacaleras son pequenas y
sitio a
de
las
casas es
un museo y
la
Avenida 5ta,
mediados de
ti'pica
i
SOI
I
IBAi
Las los
esta abierta
'48-5905
dianamente
tanfa de admision.
1117 East 7th Avenue Ybor City FL 33205 (813) 148-4961
tradicional.
restaurante
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los
industna del tabaco en Ybor City
casas estaban ubicadas en
y fueron trasladadas a este
para asi conservarlas y crear una escena
productos del tabaco y abastecimientos.
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adorn the outside of the building
designed with Spanish and Moorish-style architecture.
The Columbia can
seat
up to 1,500 patrons
in its eleven dining
a
dance
and
two
floor,
bars,
volleyball courts
collection of rare
an Olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis
and
Cuban
The
a baseball field.
club
owns
a vast
books, photographs, magazines, newspa-
Many social,
rooms, where the atmosphere ranges from elegant dining with
pers
flamenco shows to the
held at the club, including the annual Fiesta Guajira, a typical
fast
pace of a cafe. Either way, one can
enjoy the rich Spanish and Cuban cuisine that has become the
and paintings.
Cuban
country-style
patriotic
and cultural events are
celebration.
trademark of this venerable restaurant.
Cuban Club Columbus Drive
known
(also
as Boliche
Boulevard)
El
area has a large
is
Drive, also
known
dish.
Cuban
representative of the
street that
Cuban
population.
A
Cuban community
as "Boliche Boulevard,"
named
typical
is
Columbus
for the classic
This thoroughfare maintains the largest number of
Cuban American
businesses outside of
Dade County. There
Cuban
Cuban-style flower shops, grocery stores, bakeries, rants, cafeterias
Tampa
and even botdnkas, shops that (Afro-Cuban
tools used in Santeria
are
restau-
potions and
sell
Circulo Cubano, the pride of
constructed in 1917 after the fire.
The organization was
"this
clubs, the a library
is
a true
Cuban
Cuban Club was
and
a theater
medical care for
Civic Club
its
Historic Places.
This social and political club was established in the 1960s by
40
is
housed
who
in
fled the island after the
City,
was
circle."
built
where
Similar to other
mutual
with a grand ballroom,
lively
Cuban
A
It
aid
a cantina,
burlesques, called bufos,
also
had
a
gym and
a
cooperative health
pharmacy and
clinic, offered
complete
members: the precursor to today's Health
cultural events.
professionals
Ybor
Maintenance Organizations. Today, the club continues to provide medical services as an
club
exiles in
clubhouse was destroyed by
established in 1899 as El Club
entertained audiences every weekend.
(813) 855-5771
Cuban
Cuban
first
first
boxing arena for sports aficionados.
religion) rituals.
10905 Memorial Highway, Tampa, FL 33615
The
FL 33675
Nacional Cubano and was renamed in 1902 remembering Marti's
words
organization, including a
Cuban
City,
(813) 248-2954
Between Howard and Himes Avenues, Tampa, FL
The West Tampa
of
lOIOAvenida Republica de Cuba, Ybor
1959 revolution.
an elegant two-story building which includes
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
HMO clinic and sponsors many social and
In 1972,
it
was
listed in the
National Register of
Born
Vicente Martinez
for
Ybor
in
Valencia, Spain, Ybor immigrated to
5 years
1
Building a
In
Cuba when he was
1
a successful cigar factory there. After
New
West and then
to begin again.
(1818-1896) Cigar
and developed
industry in Key
York, he set his sites
4.
1885, Ybor purchased 40 acres of land near
company town on the
site,
He
lived in
working
Ybor lured over 4,000
Tampa
Cuba
the cigar
in
on Tampa as an
ideal city
for $9,000.
cigar factory
workers
there with affordable housing and guaranteed long-term employment. This area
Magnate
became known
later
building for
Magnate Tabacalero
of his City
life
Cubans
Sympathetic to the Cuban cause, he donated
as Ybor City.
to use as a social
he was one
of the
and
political club.
main forces behind the move
Over the
final
a
eleven years
of the cigar industry to
Ybor
from Key West.
Martinez Ybor nacio en Valencia Espana y emigro a Cuba alos 14 anos. Vivid en Cuba por 15 anos y monto una
prospera labrica de tabacos. Luego de trabajar en
Tampa,
la
cual considero un
sitio
la industria
ideal para volver a empezar.
por valor de $9,000. Construyo una comunidad para
los obreros
tabacalera de Cayo Hueso y Nueva York, paso a
En 1885 Ybor compro 40 acres cerca de
de empleo permanente a mas de 4,000 trabajadores. Esta area se conocio despues con Martinez Ybor simpatizaba con
la
causa cubana y
les
dono a
los
cubanos un
edificio
el
nombre de Ybor
morisco posee arcos y azulejos que adornan
Columbia
el
comedores que van de
lo elegante,
mismo.
con tablado flamenco, a un
espanola y cubana que se han convertido en
la
El
y cuenta con once
Cualquiera que sea su eleccion aqui se puede saborear
mudar
tabacalera de Cayo Hueso a Tampa.
exterior del
tiene capacidad para 1,500 comensales
City.
para que establecieran un
centra social y politico, El Liceo. Durante los ultimos once anos de su vida, fue uno de los promotores de la industria
Tampa
y atrajo con sus viviendas asequibles y la garantia
la
basta coleccion de singulares libros. fotograffas. revistas. periodicos
En
pinturas cubanas.
cafetfn.
sabrosa cocina
el
Club Civico
patnoticos y sociales. tales
como
la
se
y
efectuan eventos culturales.
Fiesta Guajira
que
se celebra todos
los anos.
marca de distincion de
este augusto restaurante.
El Circulo Cubano ZOIOAvenida Republica
Columbus Drive (conocida tambien por
tic
Cuba Ybor
Citv EL 33675
(813)248-2954
Boliche Boulevard) El
Entre las Avenidas El area
de West
Tampa
representativa de esta
Howard tiene
y Himes, Tampa,
es
Columbus
calle
El
bus Drive se encuentra un gran numero de negocios cubanos. y es
nombre
florerias,
exiliada de
la
si
a Circulo
es
mutua. en
bodegas, panaderias, restaurantes cubanos, cafeterias y
una biblioteca y un
el
Circulo
piezas del burlesco
botanicas.
un verdadero
Cubano. Al
concentracion fuera del Condado de Dade. Aqui encontrara
Cubano
teatro.
miembros
circulo cubano." se le
igual
se
En
las
cambio
baile.
teatro se representaban
una cantina.
semanalmente
cubano llamadas "bufos." Tambien contaba con un
del Circulo
los aficionados a ese
deporte
de
(813) 855-5771
Circulo continua proporcionando servicios medicos en calidad
los
Health Mainte
I
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tenis
y posee y
El
volleyball,
Registro Nacional de Lugare^
club se encuentra en un elegante edificio de dos
pista de baile, dos bares,
Los
gozaban de atencion medica completa, encluvendo
una dimca y una farmacia. Este tipo de atencion medica fue precursora
10905 Memorial Highway, Tampa, EL 33165
pisos,
el
palabras el
que otras organizaciones de ayuda
encuentra un salon de
el
gimnasio y un ring de boxeo para
Club Civico Cubano
revolucion de 1959.
Ybor
primera casa club fuera
Club Nacional Cubano. y en 1902. recordando
de Marti: "este
alta
la
destruida por un incendio. La organizacion se establecio en 1899 con
nombre de
Drive, conocida
tambien por "Boliche Boulevard," un plato tipico cubano. En Colum-
mas
comunidad cubana
la
en 1917 luego que
City, fue construido
una gran poblacion cubana. Una
comunidad
Circulo Cubano. orgullo de
FL
una piscina olimpica, canchas de
y un campo de pelota.
El
club tambien guarda una
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
n
la
actualidad El
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Jose
401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606
Park of the Friends of Jose Marti
(813)254-1891 1300 East 8th Avenue, Ybor
The ture
Tampa Bay
historic
with spectacular
magnate Henry
silver
Cuban war
objects.
built in 1891
by
This
railroad
located in this former hotel
that contains artifacts from the
a painting of the
Spanish-Cuban War
During the Christmas season, one of the
decorated with Christmas trimmings using a cigar motif as
the dominant feature. for the University of
The Tampa Bay
Tampa
Hotel,
which houses
museum, was
as well as the
the site of the
is
Cubans who life
little
home
FL 33605
of Ruperto and Paulina Pedroso, Afro-
sheltered Marti in 1893 after several attempts
by Spanish
Marti stayed
such as a music sheet from that era
and Free Cuba/'
and other histoncal is
War Room
for independence,
titled "Liberty
rooms
domes, was
The museum
B. Plant.
has a Spanish-American
City,
Hotel, featuring Moorish Revival architec-
loyalists.
at their
Becoming
close friends
on
his
with the Pedrosos,
house whenever he visited Ybor City. The
wooden house burned down
in the late 1950s
and the park,
developed in the 1960s, pays tribute to the special friendship shared by Marti and the Pedrosos. Just like the San Carlos Institute of
Key West,
this property
is
owned by
the
Cuban government
facilities
listed in
the
because former
towards the
National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Cuban
President Fulgencio Batista donated $25,000
project. Today, this
is
the site of
many patriotic
events.
El Liceo 7th
Cubano
Avenue and 13th
The Marti-Maceo Club Yhor
Street,
FL
City,
1226 East 7th Avenue, Ybor
A marker at social
and
this site
commemorates the
political club
historic Liceo
Cubano,
a
located at this corner as an incentive for
to stay in
Cuban
cigar
workers
Cuban
Liberty."
and
This
is
is
frequently referred to as the
where
two
Jose Marti delivered
impassioned speeches on November 26 and 27, 1891, that
ulti-
mately united the Tampa
war
exile
community
to support the
eventually led to the independence of Cuba.
42
Ybor City's second Cuban Club, La Union Marti-Maceo was founded 1907 for
Cuban
Tampa. The building was converted into the Cuban
Social Center (El Liceo Cubano)
"Cradle of
FL 33605
founded by Cubans in 1886. Vicente
Martinez Ybor donated the wooden tobacco stripping house that
was
City,
(813) 223-6188
Afro-Cuban community. Named
patriot,
for Jose Marti, a
in
white
and General Antonio Maceo, an Afro-Cuban leader of
Cuba's war for independence, the club represents the
racial
harmony
between white and black Cubans. Although black and white Cubans were
that
its
initially part of
the same mutual aid society, Florida laws against
integrated social clubs required
Maceo constructed
Florida Cuban heritage trail
its
own
them
to separate in 1900. La
Union Marti-
clubhouse in 1909, which included a theater
Left: Jose Marti Shrine
Center: The Marti-Maceo Club
Below:
mural of Marti and Maceo
Tile
Izquierda: Parque
Amigos de Jose Marti
Centro: La Union Marti-Maceo Abajo: Mural de Marti y Maceo
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401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33606
1300 East 8th Avenue, Ybor
FL 33605
City,
(813)254-1891 Este es El historico
Tampa Bay
ferrocarrilero
una
tiene
muchos
sala
Henry de
hoja de musica de la
B. Plant.
El
la
la
epoca titulada. Liberty and
Free
hotel,
misma contiene
guerra de independencia de Cuba, tales
la
magnate
museo. albergado en este antiguo
Guerra Hispano-Norteamericana y
la
objetos de
el
como una
Cuba, una pintura de
guerra Hispano-Cubana, y otros artefactos historicos. Durante las
navidades, se decora una de estas salas con temas de tabacalera.
tambien
la
El
Tampa Bay Hotel no
solo alberga
el
la
museo
amigo de City.
1950 y
los
Registro
quemo
parque. que abrio en los anos sesenta.
el
umo a
amistad que
Marti con
Cayo Hueso.
Carlos de el
Pedroso y se quedaba en su casa cada vez que visitaba Ybor
La pequeha estructura de madera se
los Pedroso.
esta propiedad
a fines de la decada de
nnde homenaje a
Al igual que
pertenece
le
al
el
la
Instituto San
gobiemo cubano ya
entonces mandatano de Cuba, Eulgencio Batista dono S25.000 para
Hoy dia muchos
este proyecto.
sino que el
y Paulina Pedroso quienes
contra su vida por parte de elementos pro espaholes. Marti se hizo buen
que
mdustria
Universidad de Tampa. En 1972 fue inscnto en
casa de Ruperto
la
albergaron a Marti en 1893 luego de haberse producido varios atentados
Hotel, con su arquitectura morisca y sus
espectaculares cupulas plateadas. fue construido en 1891 por
lugar que ocupaba
el
eventos patnoticos se llevan a cabo en
este lugar.
Nacional de Lugares Historicos.
n Marti-Maceo ElLiceoCvbano
i
Avenida Septima y Calk Una fue
tarja
en este lugar conmemora
un club
politico
y
social
Martinez Ybor dono este
como
el
historico Liceo
local de
madera, donde
denomina
"la
cuna de
pronunciados
comunidad
el
la
nombre de
El
Liceo
Cubano.
El
mismo
exiliada en
El
la
3560$
segundo club cubano de Ybor City fue fundado en 1907 por negra.
Se
le
dio
el
Cubano y muchas
vcces
Antonio Maceo, un patriots negro racial la
en
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icpararse
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que ".
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demolido durante
continiia reuniendose
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a actual casa
y
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cual aibergaba
dd dub
las [eyes
la
dirigentes de las
patriota bianco,
Aunque cubanos negros y blancos formaban
luba
misma sodedad de ayuda mutua,
a la
guerra que luego produciria
nombre de dos Marti,
discursos. Estos discursos
Tampa y ayudar en
II.
( 'ity,
se despalillaba el tabaco.
26 y 27 de noviembre de 1891 sirvieron para unir
independencia de Cuba.
Avenue Yboi
comunidad cubana
1886. Vicente
independencia Cubana." Aquf fue donde
conmovedores
16 East 7th
(813) 123-6188
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fundado por cubanos en
El edificio recibio el
jose Marti pronuncio dos
la
Ybori
incentivo a los tabacaleros cubanos para que permanecieran en
Tampa. se le
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Museum viewed
from
Centennial Park
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hall.
its
clubhouse was razed as a result of urban
1923 to 1973. Operating as a
museum
renewal in the 1960s, the organization continues to meet. The
collection of cigar makers' tools
present clubhouse, a one-story structure with a large banquet
Marti, the
has a distinctive
tiled
hall,
mural on the outside wall which pays homage
to the club's namesakes, Marti
and Maceo.
War.
and
Cuban Revolutionary
The museum
that shaped
Ybor
since 1980,
depicts the political, social
City.
available through the
Walking tours of
Ybor City
it
contains a
historical exhibits related to Jose
Party and the Spanish-American
and
Museum
cultural influences
Ybor City
historic
are
Society.
Ybor City National Historic Landmark District Located east of Tampa's main business center, Ybor City includes nearly 1,000 historic sites in a sixty-acre area.
National Historic Landmark District in 1974.
Cuban and Spanish
represent
as a
century,
and
Ybor City was founded
town
for his cigar factory
it
Many
declared a
of the buildings
in
and
life
in the late nineteenth
1886 by Vicente Martinez Ybor
its
workers.
By
the turn of the
had a population of 10,000 Cubans, Spaniards, Germans
Italians
homes and
was
and numerous
hotels.
The
factories, restaurants, social clubs, stores,
visitor
today can tour Ybor Square, once the
largest cigar factory in the world, visit several of the area's magnifi-
cent social clubs, dine in a
number
of ethnic restaurants, and shop in
antique and speciality shops. Ybor City Exit
1.
is
accessible
from
1-4
on
Walking tours are available from Ybor Square. For more
information,
call (813)
Ybor Square 1911 North 13
1818 East 9th Avenue, Ybor
factory in the world, the Martinez consists of all
two
tative of
is
of
The two
Cuban and Spanish
factories
City,
huge complex
architecture. This
rolled millions of cigars a year.
struggle for independence, the
place for revolutionary activities.
It
was from the
was moved
to
as a
meeting
iron steps
on the
is
known
as
housing antique shops, restaurants and specialty
from
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
-
Later, the
Havana and enshrined. The present portico
a reproduction. Today, the factory
FL 33605
fresh daily bread
who
During the 1890s and Cuba's
Ybor factory served
front portico of the factory that Jose Marti delivered one of his
is
Ybor City's
It
have ornate entries represen-
occupies an entire block and once employed 4,000 workers
located in the historic Ferlita Bakery, an Italian
much
largest hand-rolled cigar
Ybor Cigar Factory Complex.
three-story factories and a two-story warehouse,
interconnected.
(813) 247-6323
museum
FL 33605
City,
most famous speeches to supporters of the movement.
223-1111.
Ybor City State Museum
bakery that supplied
Ybor
Ybor Square was once the home of the
portico
This
Street,
(813) 247-4497
architecture and relate primarily to the
cigar industry that brought the area to
century.
It
Ybor Square, stores.
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tiene
un
muestras historicas relacionadas con jose Marti.
singular mural de
azulejos en su pared exterior. El mural honra a Marti
y
verdaderamente representa
Maceo.
a
-
forjaron
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este del centro comercial de
al
1974, fue declarado
un monumento
son representatives de
relacionan pnncipalmente con
zona a
fines del siglo pasado.
la
la
Tampa, Ybor City cuenta con
un pen'metro de sesenta
cerca de 1,000 lugares historicos en
edificios
NAGONAL DE YBOR ClTY
hi'storico nacional.
industria del tabaco que
Ybor
City,
fabrica.
A principios de
siglo, la
contaba con numerosas
visitante, sin duda, disfrutara
de tabacos
la fabrica
del
mundo,
visitar
muchos de
traves de
de antigiiedades y curiosidades.
la 1-4, salida 1.
Para
El
al
En
el
Society.
pisos las
El
los
y comprar en
(813) 223-11 11.
y un almacen de dos
pisos.
manzana y empleaba al
cubana.
fabrica de
la
a
museo la
1923-1973. Desde 1980
el local
alberga
coleccion de utiles empleados en
la
la
mayor
un museo.
la
elabni,
una dulceria
El
!
i
mismo guarda una isfcomo
herencia Cubana en la Florida
la
lucha por
la
independencia
las
actividades
escalera de hierro. en el portico delantero de
dirigio
uno de
partidarios del movimiento. Luego.
v
parte de
arquitectura cubana y espanola. son
Ybor hie centro de reunion de
que Jose Marti
restaurant*
esta localizado en la histonca Dulcerfa Ferlita,
cual abastecfa de pan fresco a
del
ajadores que producian millones
revolucionanas. Fue desde
(813) 247-6323
italiana
la
i
ano. Durante los 1890 y
de tabacos
1818 East 9th Avenue, Ybor City FL 33605
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mas grande
Este antiguo complejo industrial ocupa una
portico actual es una reproduction.
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fabrica de tabacos
todos interconectados. Lis entradas de
dos fabricas. representativas de
la fabrica.
la
Fabrica de Tabacos Martinez Ybor. Consistia de 2 fabricas de 3
la
muy ornamentadas.
y
hoteles.
pasado Ybor Square albergaba
mundo.
de su
acceso a Ybor City es a
mas informacion, llame
Museum
se
un paseo por Ybor Square, que antes fuera
mas grande
interesantes clubs sociales. cenar en los restaurantes tipicos las tiendas
y
que
1911 North 13th Street, Ybor City FL 33605
e italianos,
fabricas, restaurantes, clubs, tiendas
culturales
(813)247-4497 y
poblacion ascendia a los 10.000
compuesta por cubanos, espanoles, alemanes
habitantes,
y
Ybor Square
diera vida a la
le
a los trabajadores
Ybor City
museo
los
fundada en 1886 por Vicente
Martinez Ybor, tuvo como objectivo albergar
traves de
El
las influencias socio-politicas
Las visitas a pie del Ybor City historico se conducen a
City.
En
acres.
Muchos de
arquitectura cubana y espanola
Ybor
el
sus
mas famosos
discursos a los
portico fue llevado a La Habana. El
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of sites important to
Cuban
Key West, Tampa and
heritage in
their
homeland have had influence on other
freed blacks
black
greater
Miami. However, the island of Cuba and the people it
and Indians
community
in
areas of the
the site where
for Spain.
Twenty-six years
settlement
was
Hernando de
later,
established in
Soto, governor of Cuba,
St.
the
first
permanent European
the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.
San Luis de Talimali near
North Florida
Tallahassee, the central mission in the
The
with Cuba from
Castillo de
a port at St.
area, traded
Marks.
San Marcos
during colonial times. that centered its
in St. Augustine, the oldest stone fort
Cubans who
It
was
also served as soldiers there
part of an integrated defense system
Florida
was economically subsidized by Spain
a stipend, or situado, that
and Mexico
was channeled through Havana
City.
cigars
St.
46
became
where
making was the
were
West, also
was the
manufactured
several factories
fifteen cigar factories in 1895,
and cigar
city's second-largest industry.
A
number
of sites in Florida are important to
Cuban Americans
because of their connection with Jose Marti and the struggle for
Cuban independence from
Spain.
In his extensive travels to
at the El
whose
Modelo Cigar
historic
home
Factory.
still
friends
Cuban
cigar
and workers
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward,
stands in Jacksonville,
supporter and even smuggled arms to revolution.
made many
In Jacksonville, he spoke to
He subsequently was
Cuba
was
a
staunch
to assist in the
elected governor of Florida.
Later and throughout Florida's history,
Cubans
a British
colony in 1763, the inhabitants of
Many
visited
and
settled
in different areas of the state, bringing their industry, contribut-
ing their culture and spreading their customs.
Augustine were evacuated to Cuba.
Cubans
Tampa and Key
with Cuban tobacco from 1889 to the early 1900s. In
Jacksonville, there
historical sites
Florida
first free
on Havana and provided Spain with protection of
trade routes.
When
inhabited Fort Mose, the
mobilize the exile community, Marti
United States, was designed by a Cuban engineer and
constructed, in part, by
with
who
cigar industry, primarily located in
allies in Florida.
in the
.
Augustine. For more than 200
and churches were under the authority of
years. Florida's missions
The
-
spread to other areas in Florida. Ocala, for instance,
spent the winter of 1539, during his efforts to conquer La Florida
actively
-
North America.
location of Marti City, is
.
who
state as well.
Tallahassee
.
Large
Florida are located in
consider
- .
of the
Cuban
present-day
are descendants of those early refugees, as well as of the
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
A number
of
and museums contain evidence of the importance
culture to the entire state of Florida.
Otros Lugares de Interes
La
mayor
parte de los lugares de importancia
herencia cubana en
la
encuentran en Cayo Hueso. Tampa y
el
vinculados con
la
Sin embargo, existen otros sitios en
cubana
el
estado donde
la
primera comunidad de negros
influencia
1889
Durante su empresa de conquistar La el
Florida,
Hernando de
Soto,
invierno de 1539 en Tallahassee.
San Agustin
se convirtio
en
el
misiones e iglesias de
norte de
la
Florida estuvieron bajo
la
encontraba Marti City.
se
con tabaco cubano. En
se fabricaban tabacos
autoridad
la
lugares de interes en
la
mas antigua de
los
Estados Unidos, fue disenada por un ingeniero
cubano y construida, en durante
el
parte, por los soldados venidos de
periodo colonial espanol.
integral del sistema de defensa
defendia
las rutas
mantenia
que
se centraba
comerciales espanolas.
a la Florida
cubanos en
la
fabnca
cuya casa histonca
Cuba
Esta fortaleza formaba parte
le la
Cuba
el
El
se
la
Florida paso a
manos
hablo a
los tabacaleros
Modelo. Napoleon Bonaparte Broward.
al
encuentra en Jacksonville, fue un firme
esfuerzo revolucionano.
Luego Broward
llego
Espana economicamente ia
ban
sidi
i
histona de
la
inglesas en 1763. los habitantes
Hoy dia, hay cubanos como tambien de los
asi
costumbres,
\'
cultura
v de museos atestiguan
contacto con
Florida, el
numero de
(
ellos se
los
cubanos
ha asent
consigo su labonosidad.
diferentes parte d<
Cuando
les
la
Florida para
muchos
nador del estado.
con un "situado" o subsidio proveniente de
que son descendientes de esos refugiados,
la
exiho. Marti hizo
causa cubana. Broward llevo armas clan
para ayudar
en La Habana v
La Habana y Ciudad Mexico.
de San Agustin fueron evacuados a Cuba.
que tienen interes
Guerra de Independencia de Cuba. En sus viajes a movilizar a las comunidades en
fortaleza de piedra
Florida
para los cubano americanos por su relacion con Jose Marti v
amigos en este estado. En Jacksonville, la
la
ciudad.
Hay numerosos
Cuba. La mision central del
de San Marcos, en San Agustin,
1895. Jackson-
contaba con 15 Fabricas de tabacos y esta industria era
las
comerciaba con Cuba a traves del puerto de San Marks.
El Castillo
Tampa y
extendio a otras zonas del estado. Entre
se
en Ocala, por ejemplo.
1900.
segunda de
San Luis de Talimali, cerca de Tallahassee,
la Florida,
y donde ville
primer
asentamiento europeo en norteamerica. Por mas de 200 anos,
eclesiastica del obispo de Santiago de
fue
en Norteamerica.
La industria tabacalera, localizada pnncipalmente en
Cayo Hueso, tambien
Veintiseis anos despues,
libres
gran Miami. la
se manifiesta.
gobernador de Cuba, paso
Mose
negros libres y los indios que vivi'an en Fort Mose. Fort
Florida se
Un la
n
-
importancia de
la
cultura cubana en
la
Florida,
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
47
Below & Center:
Florida
Right: Painting by
House
Inn
Armando
Menocal from the Cuban Museum
Abajo & Centro:
Florida
House Inn
Derecha: Cuadro de Armando
Menocal en
el
Museo Cubano
U.S.,
it
continues to expand with donations and purchases of
Amelia Island paintings,
of
life
wood
and
carvings, glass, jewels, murals
rare
photographs
in pre-1959 Cuba.
Florida House Inn 20
& 22 South Third Street, Amelia Island, FL 32034
Fort Pierce
(904) 261-3300 Built in 1857, this
Bed and Breakfast
the state. Its distinct architecture
is
is
a
the oldest surviving hotel in
unique combination of
Greek Revival and Victorian elements which were added to the original vernacular-style structure
when
the adjoining building
erected in 1882. Outside the historic hotel
is
Cuba was the point 16th, 17th
sail
Daytona Beach
was one
from Havana
the fleet
in
visit
Pepper Park beach.
Museum
radius of the
and Sciences
(904) 255-0285
home
Museum
many
site.
The
central locality.
merchant ships that
off the coast of Florida.
the wreck site
No
which
spear fishing
Artifacts
is
lies
The
diving
about 200 yards from
allowed within a 100-foot
from the 1715
fleet
can be seen
at:
of Florida History
R.A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street
and 1950s, Daytona Beach served
as the vacation
Tallahassee,
(904) 488-1484
FL 32399-0250
of General Fulgencio Batista, president of Cuba from 1940 to
1944 and again from 1952 to 1958.
He and
his wife
donated their
McLarty Treasure Museum Sebastian Inlet State Park
museum. The
13180 North A1A, Vero Beach. FL 32963
art collection,
spanning two centuries, contains
examples of 18th century Spanish Colonial
romanticism and impressionism, folk
modernism. Currently the
art
art,
(407) 589-2147
19th century
and 20th century
largest collection of
Cuban
art in the
St.
Lucie
County
Historical
414 Seaway Drive, Fort
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
set
1715 en route to Spain. Struck by a hurricane,
vacation homes, a collection of paintings and artifacts to the
48
ships throughout the
its
of a fleet of Spanish
was grounded
enthusiast can
Cuban Museum 1040 Museum Boulevard, Daytona Beach, FL 321 14
of departure of
and 18th centuries because of
Urca de Lima
In the 1940s
FL
(904) 487-2299
rating Jose Marti's week-long stay in February 1893.
of Arts
Preserve
Ft. Pierce,
was
commemo-
marker
a
Urca de Lima Underwater Archaeological Pepper Park (about 200 yards from shore),
Museum
Pierce,
FL 34949
(407) 462-1795
Left:
Wooden
sculpture from the
Center: Diver at the Urea
Museum
Beiow:
Cuban Museum
De Lima wreck
of Florida History
Izqwerda: Tallado en madera en las colecciones del
Museo Cubono
Centro: Buceador cerca del Urea de Lima Abajo:
Museo de
de
la Historic
la Florida
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los
Amelia Island
Estados Unidos y continua creciendo con donaciones y compras de
pinturas, tallados en madera, cristaleria, joyas. murales
de
Florida 20
^X^tooi v>
"fc-
vida en
la
Cuba
singulares fotos
y
antes de 1959.
House Inn
& 22 South
Third
Street,
Amelia
Island,
FL 32034
Fort Pierce
(904) 261-3300 Construido en 1857,
el
Florida
House Inn
es el hotel
Su arquitectura es singular ya que combina
la
mas antiguo
elementos victoriano. Los componentes victoriano estructura original cuando en 1882 se construyo el
jardin del hotel
hay una
tarja
del estado.
restauracion del griego con
el
que conmemora
le
fueron ahadidos a
edificio adyacente.
la visita
que
la
Pepper Park (a unas 200 yardas de
realizo Jose
La Habana rue
durante
el
punto de partida de
los siglos 16. 17
aficionado
al
buceo
unas 200 yardas de
Museo Cubano
las
and Sciences
Cuba
naufragio de II.
S2H4
Museum
el
General Eulgencio Batista, quien fuera
entre 1940 y 1944 y dirigiera
el
artefactos a este museo.
La coleccion de arte,
la
it
Lim
espanola en ruta a Espana rue
uno de
los navios
se deleitara la
observando
playa del Ffepper Park.
la flota.
lugar.
el
la
de
flota rue
costa de
la
la
azotada
Flonda. El
lugar del naufragio que dista
No
se permite la pesca
con
Los artefactos rescatados del
ocurndo en 1715. estan en exhibicion
en:
of Florida History
impresionismo del este siglo.
Esta es
FL 32399-0250
184
mayor coleccion de
13180 North A1A,
Muo Beach, FL 32963
(407
el
siglo diecinueve, arte folklorico la
Tallahassee,
Sebastian Inlet State lark
cual abarca dos siglos,
posee muestras del arte colonial espahol del siglo dieciocho,
modernismo de
la flota
McLarty treasure Museum
donaron sus residencias de veraneo, y una coleccion de pinturas y
e
'rv.i
pais de 1952 a 1958,
pasaba sus vacaciones en esta ciudad. Batista y Marta, su esposa,
romanticismo
Ell
R.A. Gray Building. 500 South Bronougl
decadas de 1940 y 1950
presidente de
18.
arpon en un radio de 100 pies de este
(904) 255-0285 En
y
que zarpo de La Habana en 1715 rumbo a Espana. La
por un huracan y sus navios se encallaron cerca de
Daytona Beach
1040 Museum Boulevard, Daytona Beach
FL
(904) 487-2299
flota
of Arts
la eosta), Ft. Pierce
En
Marti en febrero de 1893.
Museum
DMA
RESERVA ARQUEOLOGICA Sl'BMARISA DEL VrCA DE
arte
y
el
cubano en
Si
1
ucie
County
Historical
Museum
414 Seaway Drive, Fort Piera
Herencia Cubana en la Florida
49
Below: Plaque from
El
Modelo
Cigar Manufacturing
Company
Right: Governor Broward Residence
'^CTC
Ocala
Jacksonville
El
Marti City Marker
Modelo Cigar Manufacturing Company
5 13
West Bay
Street, Jacksonville,
FL 32202
Tuscawilla Park
Sanchez Avenue and N.E. 3rd Built in 1886, this building
commercial structure
is
in Jacksonville. El
Modelo, owned by Cuban-
born Gabriel Hidalgo Gato, was the largest cigar factory In
ville.
December
support for the toured
was
to the
Cuban
El
1893, Jose Marti
Cuban war
went
in Jackson-
to Jacksonville to rally
of independence.
Among
the places he
Modelo, where the revered leader gave a
fiery
speech
cigar workers. Designated a National Register site in
1980, this building
is
currently being used as an office building.
Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Residence
This historical marker was erected by the Cuban American
community
of
the 1880s.
residence of
town
of
The marker
is
what was once Marti
N.W
for
cigar
workers established
Place.
City,
an area bordered by present day
as
S.W 24th Avenue
Between 1889 and 1906, there were about 20 with 13 of them
cigar factories in the Ocala area
known
in
Havanatown,
it
in
Marti City.
was renamed following
a visit this
historic city.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Pensacola
independence in Cuba, he helped smuggle troops and
munitions into Cuba on eight daring trips to
his
Cuba
steam tugboat, Three
Friends.
outlawed arms shipment to the residence,
He made
in spite of threats of persecution
the Spanish government and the U.S. government,
owned
to recognize the former existence
Cuban
4th Street, Martin Luther King Boulevard,
Broward, Florida's governor from 1905 to 1909. Sympathetic to the
war
of
located approximately 2 miles southwest
from Cuban patriot Jose Marti. Today, nothing remains of
Frame Vernacular house with Victorian
summer
Marion County
of Marti City, a small
First
9953 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32226
elements served as the
Ocala, FL 34470
(904) 629-8529
and S.W 7th
Built in 1878, this two-story
Street,
the largest surviving 19th century
island.
was designated
a
The
by both
which had
house, a privately
National Register
Battery San Antonio Gulf Islands National Seashore, Gulf Breeze, FL (904) 434-1234
site in 1972.
In 1698, Spanish ships out of
began settling the area tions.
Under Spanish
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
in
Havana
sailed into Pensacola
an attempt to head
rule, supplies
and
Bay and
off French expedi-
fortification
came
to
Born
Jose Marti
(1853-1895)
in
in
Havana, Cuba, Jose Marti
Cuban
This
known
is
and writer came
patriot
as the Apostle of
to the U.S. in
in
the founding of the
organization aimed at establishing a
Writer/Patriot the
final results of his
new
Cuban Independence.
to unite the exile
community
His eloquent speeches and relentless
the struggle for Cuba's independence.
energy culminated
880
1
Cuban Revolutionary
Party, a political
Republic of Cuba. Marti did not
work because he was
killed in a skirmish in
Dos
live to
Rios,
see
Cuba.
His legacy continues to live in his writings. As an international literary figure, Marti's
Escritor/Patriota
works are
still
studied throughout the world.
Jose Marti y Perez, el apostol de la independencia de Cuba, nacio en La Habana, bijo de madre canaria y padre El insigne escritor
valenciano. movilizarla
para
y patriota
viajo
lucha independentista.
la
a
Unidos en 1880 para unir a
los Estados
Partido Revolucionario Cubano, cuyo objetivo fundamental fue el establecimiento
Marti murio en combate en Dos Rios, escritos
mantienen
vivo su ideal.
La
Cuba y no
literatura
Tarja
513 West Bay
Tuscawilla Park
Street, Jacksonville,
FL 32202
Conmemoratm
la
mayor
Tabacos
Modelo, propiedad del cubano Gabriel Hidalgo Gato, fue
pasado en Jacksonville. La Fabrica de
Jacksonville.
En diciembre de
Marti viajo a Jacksonville procurando apoyo para independencia de Cuba. el
apostol de
los tabacaleros
la
Uno
de
mundo
entero.
los lugares
que
la
la
1893, Jose
guerra de
de Lugares Historicos en 1980. En
la
Ocala FL 54470
visito fue El
el
(904) 629-8529 Esta tarja conmemorativa erigida por
condado de Marion recuerda
la
la
comunidad cubano americana
existencia de Marti City,
compuesta por tabacaleros cubanos. fundada en
Modelo,
independencia pronuncio un apasionado discurso a
cubanos. Este edificio fue inscrito en
Street,
estructura de uso
aun en
donde
Registio Nacional
actualidad es un edificio de oficinas.
localizada,
aproximadamente. dos millas
City, el area
Boulevard,
hoy
dia circundada por
S.W 24th Avenue y
fabricas de tabacos en
el
N.W
el
Jose Marti, visitara historica
al
area de Ocala.
misma. Hoy
dia.
suroeste de lo que fue Marti
De
estas. 13 se
el
madera de dos
nombre de Havanatown. A el
patriota cubano,
no ha quedado nada de esta
villa.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, quien fuera
gobernador del estado de 1905 los patriotas
cubanos y ayudo
Cuba, navegando en incursiones a
la isla,
el
Pensacola
pisos con elementos victorianos fue la
a 1909.
Broward simpatizo con
a infiltrar tropas
remolcador Thru
y
Friends.
llevar
la
causa de
municiones a
Realizo ocho audaces
desafiando amenazas de persecucion poi
Bateria
San Antonio
Gulf Islands National Seashore Gulf Breeze
envio de armas a
la isla.
La casa, propiedad pnvada, fue inscrita en
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos en 1972.
I
(904)434 1Z34
p
gobiernos de Espana y los Estados Unidos. Este ultimo habfa
l(
el
Pensacola
i
mismofueeldeimpedirlasexp
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
hubo 20
encontraban en
9953 Heckscher Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32226
residencia de verano de
del villa
4th Street. Martin Luther King
nombre de Marti City luego que la
una pequena
los 1880. La tarja esta
S.W. 7th Place. Entre 1SS9 v 1906
Marti City, conocida en un principio con esta villa se le dio
Residence del gobernador Napoleon Bonaparte Bro
Esta residencia de
y
nueva Repubiica de Cuba.
la
de Marti City
Sanchez Avenue and N.E. 3rd Construido en 1886, este edificio representa comercial,
mas grande de
exiliada
fundacion del
Ocala
COMPANIA FABRICANTE DE TABACOS El MODELO
el
de
la
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Jacksonville
fabrica de tabacos
comunidad
logro ver los frutos de sus esfuerzos en aras de la patria, pero sus
martiana es estudiada hoy dia en el
tfflXP&XUMM^^
pie, del siglo
la
Su elocuente oratorio y dinamismo culminaron en
La
Habana hacia la
iVy yVCi y ul'
v.
Pensacola via Havana. Battery San Antonio
Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish general
was
who
built in
1787 by
from Pensacola during the Revolutionary War.
It is
The
stronghold on the Gulf Coast.
routed the British
Fort George. After
part of the Fort
two months The
surrendered to Galvez.
Barrancas National Historic Landmark, a 64-acre park managed by
decisive factor in the
the National Park Service. Guided tours are available at the
of part of the fort, a bust of Galvez,
site.
British
were headquartered
outcome
of the Revolutionary War.
and a
series of
explain the battle can be seen here. Fort George
3 West Garden Street, Pensacola,
built,
with fireproof iron and
It
served as the
consul's offices
steel girders
Castillo de San
it
/
and copper
when
until 1921
were moved to Miami. Today
it
The Blount Building
is
Marcos National Monument
and Beaux Arts
terra cotta arches
Cuban Consulate
when
the
South Castillo Drive,
St.
Augustine, FL 11084
(904)829-6506
holds commercial Built
offices.
Augustine
St.
ornamentation which included cornices.
between 1672 and 1695 on the
site
of earlier
the Castillo de San Marcos
Fort George
Cuban
Comer of Palafox and La Rua
Streets, Pensacola,
is
engineers such as Juan de Siscara Ibanez
design to this one.
Morro Castle
started helping the colonies in
independence from England, secretly
channeling money, guns, medical supplies and food from Havana. In 1779, Bernardo de Galvez, Spanish governor of Louisiana,
commissioned to
eject the British
was
from the Gulf of Mexico. He
Much
of the
who worked
work
force included Native
headed an army primarily made up of Cuban militiamen and
in
manned by Spaniards and Cubans. and stands
52
Havana
for Pensacola, the
most important
as a
still
remains
symbol of the Spanish presence
Florida. Visitors
can take a guided tour of the fortress and
museum. There
is
British
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
was
Listed in the National Register
of Historic Places in 1966, this 300-year-old fortress
1780 traveled to Havana to garner support. In 1781, he and 7,000 soldiers left
fort, built to
protect the Spanish territory and vessels from the English,
largely intact
It
in Santiago, a fort similar in
Americans, Africans, Spaniards and Cubans. The
government
their
forts,
the oldest stone fort in the U.S.
Ignacio Daza, an engineer from Havana, and other
extensively on Cuba's
FL
(904) 444-8905
North America win
wooden
part of the Palafox Historic District.
was designed by
In 1776, the Spanish
listed in the
FL 32501
444-8905
This 1907 building was considered the height of modernity
was
is
A replica
markers that
National Register of Historic Places.
Blount Building (904)
at
of heavy fighting, the British
Battle of Pensacola has been called a
an admission
fee.
in
visit its
Varela
Felix Varela
was born
in
Havana and raised
Cuba where he was elected one
(1788-1853)
to
of the
propose the abolition
spent the
a
Augustine. As a priest, he returned to
in St.
deputy to the Spanish Cortes of 1812 and became
most innovative thinkers on the
last thirty
of slavery
years of his
island.
Father Varela
and complete independence the United States, a
life in
was the
first
Cuba.
He
for
prolific writer
and an
Philosopher/Educator advocate of
civil
Americans and immigrant groups. Father Varela
rights for Native
served as Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of
New
York.
He returned
to St.
Pensador/Educador Augustine
Felix Varela y
in
1849 and died there
Morales nacio en La Habana y se aid en
fue elegido a las Cortes Espaiiolas del 1812. En
de
la
Augustine. Siendo ya sacerdote, regreso a
Cuba tuvo fama de ser uno de
anos de su vida en El
los
Estados Unidos escribiendo y abogando por los derechos
Padre Varela fue nombrado Vkario General de
y mumciones llegaban
a Pensacola procedentes de La
general espanol quien venciera a los ingleses en
el
Pensacola durante
guerra de
parte del
la
Monumento
la
civiles
la Arquidiocesis Catolica
de
los indios
y los
de Nueva York donde
revolucion norteamericana. La bateria es
Historico Nacional Fort Barrancas,
VsV^j^yi^vwvcwv ua»c^u s*
procedentes de Cuba. En 1780. Galvez viajo a La Habana en busca de
ayuda. En 1781, zarpo de La Habana hacia Pensacola con 7,000 hombres.
Habana. La bateria San Antonio fue mandada a construir en 1787 por Bernardo de Galvez,
Cuba donde
pensadores mas innovativos
en esa capacidad por 16 anos. Murio en San Agustin en 1853.
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espanol, los suministros
los
epoca. Fue elprimero en proponer la abolicion de la esclavitud y la independencia de Cuba. Paso los ultimos
treinta
inmigrantes. sirvio
St.
1853.
in
un parque de 64
mas importante
En aquel entonces Pensacola
era
Golfo de Mexico.
general ingles estaba en Fort George. Luego
El cuartel
el
bastion ingles
del
de dos meses de cruenta lucha, los ingleses se rindieron a Galvez. La
acres dingido por el Servicio Nacional de Parques. Las visitas guiadas estan a
Batalla de Pensacola ha sido interpretada
su disposicion.
resultado de
la
guerra de
la
como
factor decisivo en
el
independencia norteamericana. Este parque
cuenta con una replica de una seccion del fuerte. un busto a Galvez y una
Edificio 3 West
serie
Blount
Garden
Street, Pensacola,
de tarjas que explican
la batalla.
FL 32501
San Agustin
(904) 444-8905 En 1907,
este edificio se consideraba
se habia utilizado hierro a
ornamentacion
estilo
modemisimo ya que en
su fabricacion
prueba de incendios, vigas de acero y
Monumento Nacional del San Marcos I
cobre. Este edificio albergo al consulado
cubano hasta 1921 cuando
South Castillo Drive
edificio
Miami. Hoy
dia. al igual
que en
el
pasado, es
de oficinas.
Fori George
En 1776, Norte
el
alles Palafox
y La Rua Pensacola
gobierno espanol ayudo a
las
medicos. En 1779, se
le
la
1
Castillo de San
Mai
Habana
comisiono
a
la
Bernardo de Galvez,
el
mismo
fue diseriado por [gnacio Daza,
el.
por ejemplo, Juan de SIscara [banez, quien habfa
en
la
edificacidn del
gobernador
tarea de expulsar a los ingleses del Colfo de Mexico.
al
obra que trabaj6 en
el
de San Agustin. Li mayOJ
fuerte estaba integrada poi indios,
esparioles y cnollos cubanos. el
territorio
I
v
America
La ayuda consistia en
dinero, canones y suministros
Galvez comando un ejercito compuesto pnncipalmente por mil
El
un ingeniero habanera Otros ingenieros cubanos tambien laboraron en
II
colonias inglesas de
a conseguir su libertad de Inglaterra.
enviar a los rebeldes desde La
espanol de Luisiana,
el
antigua de los Estados Unidos.
(904) 444-8905
del
Augustine
6506
Construido entre 1672 y 1695 en tenenos ocupados por arterioles fuertes de madera,
Esauinadei
St.
las 1
oficinas fueron trasladadas a
un
Castillo de
Beaux Arts con arcos de terracotta y comizas de
espanol y las
i
Esl
emban
estaba dotada de soldados espai
Marcos, que fue inscrito en
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
el
Registro National di
I
53
4
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Sf George Sfreef, Sf. Augustine, .
"The Oldest House"
FL 32084
(904) 829-5064
14
This house was built around 1750 for Spanish Royal Treasurer Juan
Esteban de Pena whose family was prominent in Cuba as well as Florida.
- -
-
Gonzalez-Alvarez House
De Pena/Peck House /-^3
r
In 1837, the property
was purchased by
added the second story to the house. In 1970,
it
National Register of Historic Places within the
Dr. Seth Peck
was
St.
who
listed in the
Augustine
Town
St.
Francis Street,
Built
It
was
first
the house
who
is
and furniture
an admission
fee.
is
when
/
Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose off Highway
Two miles north of St. Augustine (904) 392-1721
A1
St.
this
two-story Spanish St.
Augustine.
a Spanish soldier
who later
Spain ceded Florida to England. In 1790,
was purchased by Geronimo
Alvarez, a native Spaniard
served as alcalde (mayor) under the Spanish constitution of
1812. In 1970, the house
Landmark. Today,
Fort Mose
FL 32084
the oldest documented house in
owned by Tomas Gonzalez,
migrated to Cuba
museum which contains
a fine collection of antiques
Augustine,
sometime between 1703 and 1727,
colonial structure
Plan Historic District. Today, the house serves as a gift shop and
used in the house during the 1800s. There
St.
(904) 824-2872
was designated
this historic
a National Historic
house serves as a
Augustine Historical Society. There
is
museum
an admission
for the
fee.
Government House 48 King
In the late 1600s and the early 1700s, slaves escaped from English
Street, St.
Augustine,
FL 32084
(904) 825-5033
plantations in Georgia and South Carolina to seek refuge in Florida,
where slavery laws were
By 1728
less harsh.
had abolished slavery and freed African
on
against the British during an attack later
the Spanish governor
soldiers St.
who had
fought
Augustine. Ten years
Governor Manuel de Montiano established Fort Mose, the
first free
black
community
in
North America. In 1763, the Spanish
ceded Florida to the English and
all
the inhabitants of Fort Mose,
including Spaniards, freed Blacks and Indians, emigrated to Cuba.
The
site
of Fort
currently Fort
54
is
Mose
is
Mose has undergone
archaeological research but
A traveling exhibit about Museum of Natural History.
not accessible to the public. operated by the Florida
The
original building, erected
on
this site
around 1598, served as
the official residence of colonial Florida governors, including four
Cuban-born governors: Laureano Torres de Ayala (1693-1699), Juan de Ayala y Escobar (1716-1718), Manuel Joseph de Justiz (1737) and Jose Coppinger (East Florida, 1816-1821). During the
two and
a half centuries of Spanish rule, Florida governors
military officers were likely to serve in
pointed to a position in Florida.
Cuba
and
before being ap-
The Government House,
rebuilt in
1935 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, serves as a
museum and
houses the Historic
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
-
St.
Augustine Preservation Board.
1966, permanece casi intacto a pesar de sus trescientos anos y se alza
del Norte. El fuerte servia de puesto de
como simbolo de
Agustin y un refugio seguro para
presencia histonca de Espana en
la
visitantes, sin duda, se deleitaran
museo.
Hay una
con
la Florida.
Los
guiadas y las visitas
las visitas
En 1763 Espana cedio
tanfa de admision.
los
comandados por
milicia espanola,
al
la
el
avanzada en
la
defensa de San
esdavos cimarrones que Servian en
la
capitan negro Francisco Menendez.
y todos
Florida a Inglaterra
los
habitantes del
Fuerte Mose, espanoles, esdavos libres e indios, inmigraron a Cuba. El
Casa
lugar
De Pena/Peck
ocupado por
143
George
St.
Street, St.
Augustine, FL 32084
Mose
Fuerte
el
pero no esta abierto
al
Mose
es
Una
publico.
zona de investigacion arqueologica. exhibicion ambulante sobre
es parte de las operaciones del Florida
Museum
el
Fuerte
of Natural History.
(904) 829-5064 Esta casa fue construida alrededor de 1750 para
el
tesorero
real,
Florida.
En
segundo
piso.
1837, el doctor Seth Peck
En
1970, fue inscrita
compro
en
el
la
casa
y
le
ariadio
una tienda de regalos y un museo.
coleccion de antigiiedades
Hay una
siglo pasado.
El
como
la
un
Hoy
museo posee una
y muebles que
se
usaron en
la
di'a, la
"La Casa mas Antigua" 74
Registro Nacional de lugares
Historicos dentro del Distrito Historico de San Agustfn. es
Casa Gonzalez-Alvarez
luan
Esteban de Pena, cuya familia gozaba de prestigio tanto en Cuba
St.
Francis Street,
excelente
(
Augustine FL 52084
Construida entre 1703 y 1727, esta casa de dos pisos de
casa durante
el
tanfa de admision.
espanol es fue
la
casa
mas antigua de San
wn Mose/Gracia Real de Santa Teresa deMose
Agustin.
la
Florida a Inglaterra.
Geronimo Alvarez, quien
al
none de San Agustin, saliendo de
la Carretera
.1/1
(904) 392-1721
A
fines de los
los 1700, los
esdavos
se
plantaciones inglesas de Georgia y Carolina del Sur y buscaban refugio
en
la
Florida espanola
En 1728
el
donde
las leyes
de
la
esclavitud eran
gobernador espanol abolio
la
la
actualidad es
Hay una
el
En 1790. adquino
bap
la
la
casa
Cuba la
casa
constitution
la
como Monumento
museo de
a
Historico
Sociedad Histonca de San
tanfa de admision
escapaban de
las
rigurosas.
Nacional. En
Agustin.
1600 y a principios de
estilo colonial
primer duerio de
fue alcalde de San Agustin
espanola de 1812. En 1970, fue inscrita
Dos milks
El
Tomas Gonzalez, un soldado espanol quien luego emigro
cuando Espana cedio :
/
St.
(904) 842-2872
casa
menos
CASADl GOB1ERNO 48 King
Street
esclavitud y libero a los i
St.
Augustine II
SOS3
soldados negros quienes habfan combatido durante un ataque ingles a San Agustin. Diez anos despues establecio
el
Fuerte Mose,
la
el
gobernador Manuel de Montiano
primera comunidad negra
libre
de
la
El
America
allium
oficial
de
original, los
construido aqui alrededor de 1598, fue
gobemadores de
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
la
Florida colonial.
la
u
Entre ellos se encuentran
m. iTL y~i\i iy y J
In 1970, the house
was
listed in the
Places within the St. Augustine is
an admission
National Register of Historic
Town
Plan Historic District. There
Plaza de la Constitucion Between
museum.
fee to visit the
St.
NOMBRE DE DlOS MISSION Nuestra Seriora de
George, Charlotte,
St.
Augustine,
there in 1814 to
(904) 824-2809
commemorate
Father Felix Varela,
Pedro
Menendez de
Aviles,
Augustine, established the
North America.
On
what became the God).
On
traveled
Spanish explorer and founder of first
September
first
8,
in
1565, he landed at the site of
(Name
with Menendez, Father Francisco Lopez, offered the
which gave Cubans new is
of
the date of their arrival, one of the four priests that first
Cuban
on the
also located
the
rights
Plaza.
The
Cathedral of
St.
a child
half a century before the Pilgrims landed
on Plymouth
Rock. Today, a large stainless steel cross and a small chapel mark
which
the site of these events
led to the establishment of the first
Catholic parish, Nuestra Sehora de
Menendez ultimately became (frontier
The
governor
who
la
Leche (Our
the governor of
claims a
new
new constitution
and freedoms. The Public Market
was the 6,
site of a large rally for
1851. Across at
from the Plaza
35 Cathedral Place.
and
officiated
Plaza. Felix Varela attended
many
services there later in his
mass here
life.
as
The
present structure, fashioned in Spanish Colonial and Renaissance Revival style, is
a
was reconstructed
Monument
in 1887.
Near the Cathedral, there
to Father Felix Varela.
Cuba and
adelantado
Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory
land for Spain) of Florida.
came from Cuba. The
St.
Augustine parish,
along with the rest of colonial Florida, reported to the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba.
erected
activist, served
Lady of the Milk).
success of this and other missions depended heavily on the
supplies and food that
is
cathedral, built in 1797, replaced several earlier churches that
were located south of the
and the Timucuan Indians peacefully joined together
more than
It
Augustine located
Holy Mass on these grounds. Following the mass, the Spaniards for a feast,
monument was
and human rights
Cuban independence on September is
Spanish towns,
the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
priest
Spanish Cortes (parliament) under this
in the
St.
permanent European settlement
Christian mission, Nombre de Dios
plaza, a typical feature in
Plaza was established around 1600, and a
FL
and Cathedral Place
Streets,
surrounded by historic buildings and monuments. The
a park
San Marco Avenue and Ocean Avenue,
King
FL 32084 (904) 825-1060
The rectangular-shaped
Leche Shrine
la
St.
Augustine,
88 Riberia
Street, St.
Augustine, FL 52084
In 1868, at the onset of the
Cubans immigrated to St. a
to
Ten
Years' War, a large
Key West.
A few,
Augustine where the production
of
Cuban
minor industry dating back to the 1830s. The
factory
was
established in 1893
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
by
P. F.
number
of
however, made their cigars
was
original
way
already
Carcaba
Carcaba, a native of Spain
Left: Cathedral of
Right:
Augustine
St.
Monument
near the Cathedral
Izquierda: Catedral de San Agustin
Derecha: la
Monumento
cerca de
Catedral
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cuatro gobernadores nacidos en Cuba: Laureano Torres de Ayala (16931699), Juan de Ayala
y Escobar
(1716-1718),
Manuel Joseph de Durante
Jose Coppinger (Florida Oriental, 1816-1821).
medio de
la
dominacion espahola,
los militares,
nombramientos para
como
gobernadores de
los
generalmente Servian en Cuba antes de
la
la Florida.
depresion, es en
la
Florida asi
un museo y En
de admision para
Santuario de Nuestra Senora de
la
en
el
visitar el
Entre las Calks St.
Menendez de el
St.
George, Charlotte King y Cathedral Place
(904)825-1060
museo.
la
Ocean Avenue
establecida cerca de 1600, recibio
Si.
Aviles, explorador espahol
primer asentamiento europeo en
de septiembre de 1565, desembarco en
mision cristiana,
Lopez, celebro
Augustine, EL
Nombre
la
a
primera misa en este
America
del Norte. El 8
lugar de lo que seria
el
de Dios. En
acompanaban
y fundador de San Agustin. la
el di'a
de
la
Menendez, lugar.
llegada, el
la
primera
uno de
los
padre Francisco
Luego de
la
misa, los
espaholes y los indios timucuos se congregaron en paz para compartir una celebracion,
mas de medio
siglo antes
desembarcaran en Plymouth Rock.
pequena
capilla
que produjeron
marcan el
Nuestra Senora de
ti'pica
el
lugar
Leche.
di'a,
los peregrinos
una gran cruz de acero y una
donde ocurneron estos acontecimientos
establecimiento de la
de que
Hoy
la
primera parroquia catolica,
Menendez de
de los pueblos espaholes, es un
parque rodeado de edificios historicos y monumentos. La Plaza
Leche
honor
el
Aviles luego fue gobernador de
en
las
la
el
lugar
la
misma
los
Constitucion en
en 1814
padre Felix
El
derechos humanos. participo
parlamento) bajo los dictados de esta
se
encuentra tamhien localizado en
el
6 de septiembre de 1851
construidas con antelacion y localizadas
Padre Varela asistio a misa de
renacentista, fue reconstruida al
Herencia Cubana en La Florida
la
Plaza
Fsta
•
a fav
Al cruzai el
nu:v
La catedral. que fue eonstruida en 1797, reemplazo otras
mho y
misma. La presente estructura.
Monumento
la
se erigio
efemeride historica.
Catedral de San Agustin. locaHzada en
Cathedral Place iglesias
Plaza de
la
donde hubo una gran concentracion
independence de Cuba encuentra
(el
En
cual otorgaba a los cubanos nuevos derechos y libertades
Mercado Publico
plaza fue
la
cubano y luchador por
Cortes Espaholas
constitucion 11
nombre de
a la constitucion espahola de 18 12.
un monumento para conmemorar
cuatro sacerdotes que
Florida
la
Augustine EL 32084
Varela, sacerdote
Pedro
que todas en
al igual
Plaza de la Constitucion
Junta de
(904) 824-2809
establecio
misiones
gobierno federal
el
alberga
1970, la casa rue inscrita
MlSION DE NOMBRE DE DlOS y
las otras
colonial espahola. pertenecian a la jurisdiccion eclesiastica del obispo de
Esta plaza de forma rectangular,
San Marco Avenue
y de
y alimentos procedentes de
Santiago de Cuba.
Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicos dentro del Distnto Historico de tarifa
los suministros
La Casa de Gobierno, reconstruida en 1935
actualidad
Preservacion del San Agustin Historico.
San Agustin. Hay una
El exito de esta
la Florida.
dependian en gran parte de
Cuba. La parroquia de San Agustin.
como
recibir los
parte de los proyectos de trabajos auspiciados por
durante
y
dos siglos y
los
la
Cuba y adelantado de
Justiz (1737)
a)
sur de
la
plaza
luego celebro seivicios n
estilo colonial
Fl
'.
\
espahol v restauracion
i
Padre Felix Varela
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who learned
cigar
making
youth
as a
century, the Carcaba factory
in
Havana. At the turn of the
was producing almost
five million
top-quality "pure Havanas" annually. This factory, built in 1909,
was operated by Carcaba's Augustine
W H. Carcaba, and son-in-law,
son,
Solla, until 1914.
The
The
offices.
chain of missions across La Florida. By about 1656, San Luis de Talimali
was
the capital of the local mission system.
included a Spanish
fort, a
exterior of the building remains relatively unchanged.
Havana through the
Many of
in
North of 18 Cordova
Tolomato Cemetery Street, St.
Augustine,
in this
and
Father Felix Varela
who
built
Cuban
hero.
by Cubans
in
St.
honor of
died in 1853. Fifty-three years later his
in a
monument
that proclaimed Varela a national
patriot Jose Marti,
who was
born the same year
"the
Florida.
man who
Marti wanted to pay tribute
taught us
how
to think."
to, as
The cemetery
he put is
of Tallahassee, first
ships
it,
no charge
Narvaez came to
with 300 men,
who
made by Europeans
St.
for
admission
Site
Marks, thirty miles south
and launched from there
built
in the
New World. The port was
Panhandle area with supplies and personnel. The
was begun
in 1739,
the site
FL 32304
(904)487-3711 Augustine was colonized in 1565, Spain established a
Florida Cuban Heritage Trail
first
stone fort
and was half complete when Florida was ceded
a bastion wall,
which has
Mission San Luis
St.
is
(904) 925-6216
moats and
After
connect
Marks, FL 32355
to England in 1763. Today,
tallahassee
Tallahassee,
a center
used during the Spanish colonial period to stock missions in the
open to
the public during posted hours.
2020 West Mission Road,
is
are available.
In 1528, Panfilo de
the
Varela died, visited Varela's mortuary chapel during his travels
throughout
came from
FL 32084
remains were moved from Tolomato Cemetery to Cuba where he
was enshrined
supplies
historical research. Trails
San Marcos de Apalache Historic cemetery was
complex
archaeological excavation areas, outdoor exhibits, a research
and guided tours
(904) 824-2806
The chapel
its
port at St. Marks. Today, San Luis
for year-round archaeological
laboratory and a visitors' center. There
Varela Chapel
Its
church complex, an Apalachee council
house and a large central plaza.
building, listed in the National
Register of Historic Places in 1993, currently houses commercial
OL e \JJA*k y Z
a small
remnants of
can
still
this last fort, including
be seen. There
admission
fee
.
is
a
museum on
Left: Spanish re-enactors at
Mission San Luis
Right:
Remnants
Spanish
fort at
of the
San
Marcos de Apalache
Izquierda: Recreation vida colonial en Mision
San
Luis
Derecha: Restos del fuerte
Espanol en San
Marcos de Apalache
Fabrica de Tabacos Solla-Carcaba 88 Ribena En
Street, St.
1868, durante los
comienzos de
numero de cubanos emigraron siguio era
rumbo
a
la
San Agustin, donde
una industria menor que
Habana.
la
se
A
Guerra de
Diez Arios. un gran
los
Cayo Hueso. Un grupo mas pequeno
a
la
elaboracion de los tabacos cubanos
remontaba
Carcaba fue establecida en 1893 por aprendido
Tallahassee
Augustine, FL 32084
P.F.
a los 1830.
la
fabrica Carcaba.
Luego de
la
colonizacion de San Agustin en 1565. Espaha establecio una
cadena de misiones a traves de
con sus obreros
de alta calidad. Esta segunda fabrica, construida en 1909, estuvo bajo
WH.
compuesto de un
fuerte.
una
apalaches y una plaza central. Gran parte de los suministros procedian de
La Habana a traves de
St.
investigaciones historicas
la
actualidad
el
Registro Nacional de Lugares
el
mismo
las
de Varela en
el
laboratorio de investigaciones
Este cementerio fue clausurado en 1884. La capilla en este cementerio fue
construida por los cubanos en honor
al
Padre Felix Varela quien habia
en 1853. Cincuenta y tres anos despues de su muerte, sus restos
fueron exhumados del Cementerio Tolomato. llevados a
en un mausoleo que honra a este procer de el
propias palabras, "Fue
el
cementerio esta abierto
la
patna.
mismo aho que muno
Varela durante sus giras por
la
Florida. Asf
El
Cuba y colocados patriota
San Luis es un centra de diferentes caminos
y
el
las
exhibiciones
al aire
centra para los visitantes. La
guiadas estan a su disposicion.
honraba Marti
publico durante las
a quien,
a pensar." El
how.
di
SanMarcosdi Apalache
Marks EE 32355
(904) 925-6216 En 1528,
Panfilo de
Nar
hombres. Aqui fue donde
la
se
construyeron
las
zona de
St
Marks con 300
primeras embaicariones
hechas por eui
cubano
Varela, visito la Capilla
hombre quien nos enseno al
las visitas
SmoHisroRicoEsTATAi
Augustine, EL 3208-4
St.
Jose Marti, quien nacio
di'a.
Cementeriode Tolomato
Street, St.
(904) 824- 2806
fallecido
Hoy
alberga oficinas comerciales. libre, el
Capua
Marks.
y arqueologicas. Los
excavaciones arqueologicas del area con
entrada es gratis y
Norte de 18 Cordova
Hacia 1656. San Luis de Talimali
casa del consejo de los indios
la
conectan
En
la Florida.
lglesia. la
Carcaba y su yerno, Augustine Solla
hasta 1914. El edificio fue inscrito en Historicos en 1993.
Tallahassee EE 32304
(904)487-3714
era el centra de este sistema de misiones. El asentamiento estaba
cubanos, producia anualmente cerca de cinco millones de "puros habanos"
direction del hijo de Carcaba,
2020 West Mission Road,
La primera fabrica
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Cuban
HUELLAS
DELA
Heritage Trail
HERENCIA
CUBANA
Sites MIAMI
KEY WEST 1.
Alfonso/Diaz Carrasco House,
2.
Armas de Oro Cigar
3.
Cigar Workers' Union Hall,
31.
Old Schoolhouse/
5.
Cigar Makers' Houses,
6.
Cigar Factories of Today, p 6
Key West Cigar
6
p.
Way
p.
7.
p. 8
8.
Cuban
p.
9.
Cuban Club
10.
East Martello Gallery,
11.
First
p.
Cuban Museum
8
Freedom Tower,
Union Bank,
8
Boulevard,
Hialeah,
Gato Cigar Factory,
13.
Gato House/Mercedes Hospital,
14.
Gato.
15.
Gatoville, p. 12
16.
Key West Cemetery,
17.
Key West National Historic
18.
La Terraza de Marti/Teodoro Perez House,
19.
Maritime Heritage Museum,
p.
10
24
24
p.
Museum
10
26 p.
26
of Southern Florida,
Little
Havana's Walk of Fame,
12
Hall and Dinner
Museum of Cuban District, p. 12 p.
Our Lady
12
Plaza of
p. 14
p.
Key Marina,
Baseball Players,
Cuban
Patriots, p.
San Carlos
San Pedro Underwater Archaeological
54.
Centra Asturiano of Tampa,
Preserve, p. 16
55.
Cherokee Club/El Pasaje/Cafe Creole,
56.
Cigar Factories of the Past, p 36
Woodlawn Cemetery, p.
Sanchez Grocery Store,
26.
Santaella Cigar Factory/Martinez
30.
U.S.
60
p.
16
p.
Havana
Point, p. 18
Donkey Milk House,
p.
p.
42
42 42 p.
42
Ybor City National Historic Landmark 44
p.
p.
44
44
AMELIA ISLAND Florida
House
Inn, p. 48
Cuban Museum/Museum
of Arts and
FORT PIERCE
p.
18
p.
Refugees,
p.
72.
36
I.
p.
Urea de Lima Underwater Archaeological Preserve,
36
48
p.
Museum
& Co., p. 36 Garcia & Vega Co./Villazon & Co., Y Pendas & Alvarez Co, p. 38 Samuel
of Florida History, p. 48
McLarty Treasure Museum,
Davis
Siedenberg and Co. Cigar Factory,
Arturo Fuente Cigar Factory,
p.
Club,
Cubano,
40
p.
Museum,
Sciences, p. 48
16
Custom House,
p.
The Marti-Maceo
71.
32
TAMPA
25.
Cuban
Jose Marti Shrine,
14
Institute, p. 14
for
65.
40
DAYTONA BEACH
24.
Home
El Liceo
B. Plant
p.
Tampa,
28
p.
32
Parla Bust, p. 14
Transit
64.
70.
23.
Tinajones at
Henry
of
38
30
22.
28.
63.
Civic Club,
38
40
Cuban Club
Ybor City State Museum,
30
p.
p.
Cuban
26
of Charity Shrine, p. 30
Villa Paula, p.
14
to Jose Marti,
29.
p.
Drive,
61.
Ybor Square,
Marrero House,
Southernmost
Columbus
p.
38
p.
62.
28
Monument
27.
60.
28
p.
21.
p.
Columbia Restaurant,
District, p.
Havana, U.S.A./Calle Ocho,
20.
Cigar Company,
24
26
Little
Miami City
p.
24
p.
Park, p.
p.
Museum,
59.
Jose Marti Park, p. 28 p.
10
p.
p.
& Tampa Cigar Co..
Cigar Maker's House
22
p.
26
p.
Historical
12.
p.
p.
Rico, p. 38
Vicente
Monument,
38
p.
38
El Sol Cigars, p.
Tampa
of Arts and Culture,
p.
Cigar Factories of Today,
22
22
p.
Gesu Catholic Church, 8
p.
10
p.
57. p.
22
Domino Club/Maximo Gomez Evangelization Plaza,
p.
p.
Cultural Heritage
Cuban Memorial 8
p.
8
Hotel,
22
p.
Elementary,
Cuban-Hebrew Congregation,
Factory,
Cobo House,
Cuban
6
Rodriguez Cigar Factory,
House,
Museum,
of Pigs
Coral
Credito Cigar Factory,
Cigar Makers' Cottages,
Jr.
Bay
Bayfront Park, Liberty Column,
6
p.
4.
Club,
6
p.
Factory, p. 6
p.
St.
p.
p.
Lucie
County
Historical
p.
48
Museum,
p.
38
JACKSONVILLE Modelo Cigar Manufacturing Co.
50
73.
El
74.
Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward
p.
38
18
Residence,
18
Florida Cuban heritage Trail
48
36
p.
50
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Amelia Island 88-89 I
Jacksonville
St.
Ocala
Augustine
Dayton a
OCALA 75.
Marti City Marker,
p.
50
PENSACOLA 76.
Battery San Antonio, p.50
77.
Blount Building, p.52
78.
Fort George, p.52
TAMPA
Ft. ST. 79.
Pierce/
AUGUSTINE Castillo de
Monument,
52
p.
De Pena/Peck House, Fort
St.
San Marcos National
54
p.
Mose/Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de
Mose,
p.
54
Gonzalez-Alvarez House ("The Oldest House"),
p.
54
Government House,
p.
54
Map
Nombre de Dios Mission/Nuestra Senora de
la
Leche Shrine,
Plaza de
la
p.
Constitucion,
Public Market, p.
Cathedral of
Monument
St.
Key:
56 p.
•
56
56
Augustine,
p,
Key West, Miami,
Tampa
Sites
to Father Felix Varela,
At Large Sites/ p.
56 tsde
86.
Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory,
87.
Varela Chapel
Cemetery,
p.
in
(blomato
p.
MIAMI
56
31-53 Interis
56
1-30
Site
Numbers/
Lugarespoi Sumtro
58
*
hstivals/Festivalts
TALLAHASSEE 88.
Mission San
89.
San Marcos de Apalachi
Luis, p.
58
KEY WEST i 1-30
HLRtNCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
Lucie
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& Events
Festivals
FESTIVALEScV EVENTOS — Tampa —
January
— HlALEAH —
Latin American Fiesta Greater Tanij'a
Jose Mart! Birthday Parade
Chamber
of
Commerce:
(813) 228-7777
Hialeah Cultural Affairs Carnal: (305) 883-5820
March-April
-Key West -
— Miami —
Jose Marti Birthday Parade
San Carlos Institute (305) 294-3887
Dade Heritage Days
— Miami —
Dade Heritage
Trust: (305)
358-9572
Lincoln-Marti Camporee Carlos Greater
J. .1
April
Arboleya Park liami
— Miami —
Chamber of Commerce:
(305) 350-7700
Bay of Pigs Anniversary Ceremony
Three Kings Day Parade Greater
Miami Chamber
of
(305) 350-7700
— Tallahassee —
Commerce:
(305) 350-7700
Dade County Day
Jose Marti Birthday Parade
Miami Chamber
of
Capitol Courtyard (305) 270-6832
Commerce:
(305) 350-7700
Ybor City Day A
Carnaval musician
...
Capitol Courtyard (813)248-3712 Miisico del carnaval
...
February
"Super Paella"
-Key West -
March
Commemoration
of the explosion of
the U.S.S. Maine Greater Key West
Chamber of Commerce:
(305) 294-2587
"Grito de Baire" Celebration
— Ybor City — Ybor Centennial Park (813)251-0921
— Miami — Carnaval Miami weeklong events:
May
Ms. Carnaval Beauty Contest Carnaval Miami 8K
Run
-Key West -
"Noche de Carnaval" Evening Concert
Commemoration
San Carlos Institute (305) 294-3887
"Paseo" Parade
San Carlos Institute (305) 294-3887
— Miami —
Calle
"Grito de Baire" Celebration
Manuel Artime Performing Arts Center (305) 575-5057
— Ybor City — Fiesta
Day
Ocho Cooking Contest Carnaval Miami Golf Classic Carnaval Miami at Bayfront Calle Ocho Street Party Kiwanis Club of Little Havana: (305) 644-8888
Gran Romeria Hispano-Americana Miami Chamber
Ybor City Chamber of Commerce:
Greater
(813) 248-3712
(305) 350-7700
62
of
Commerce:
FLORIDA CUBAN HERITAGE TRAIL
of Jose Marti's death
Mayo" Celebration
"Veinte de
Greater Key West
Chamber
of Commerce:
(305) 294-2587
— Miami — "Veinte de
Mayo" Celebration
Tamiami Park and Bayfront Park Greater
.1
liami
Chamber of Commerce:
(305) 350-7700
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Flamenco dancers
A
Carnaval dancers and musicians
*
Children enjoying a festival
A
+
Musica y baile del camaval
Ninos disfrutando de un
festival
— Tampa — Tampa Hispanic Heritage Kick-Off
— White Springs —
October
Florida Folk Festival
— HlALEAH —
(904)397-2192
Hispanic Heritage
— Ybor City — Tropical
(813)874-2201
Week
Milander Auditorium
Heatwave
Hialeah Cultural Affairs Council:
Cuban Club (813)238-8001
June
Ballet Folklorico of
Ybor City
(813)221-1045 Pact with Marti
Ceremony
(305) 883-5814
(813)876-8121
-Key West -
Traditional "Guajira" Festival
"Grito de Yara" Celebration
— Ybor City —
Celebration
La Union Marti-Maceo
Cuban
Civic Club
(813)876-8121 "Grito de Yara" Cultural and Civic Even
(813)223-6188
Dia de Arroz Con Polio (813) 248-3712
— Miami —
Jose Marti Park
Hispanic Heritage Festival
Tampa Hispanic Heritage Celebration
!
Bayfront Park
July
(813) 274-7206
(305)541-5023
— Miami —
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Cuban Celebration
"Grito de Yara" Celebration
Ernesto Lecuona Festival
.
Greatet
Dade County Auditorium /,/
S
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iedad Pro Arte Grateli:
September
mmerce
\7777
la
of Santa Maria Estrella del
Mar
December
—
Hispanic Heritage Festival of the
—
Americas
Victorian Christmas Stroll
Tampa
Cigar theme exhibit
Tropical Park
Caridad Procession
Catholic Church (305)294-1018
hamb
(305) 247-5727
- Key West— Our Lady
(
Caribbean Arts and Crafts Festival
(305) 642-6935 or (305) 649-1072
Virgen de Regla and Virgen de
Miami
(305) 350-7700
(305)541-5023
Henry B.
Inter-American Festival
— Ybor Cm —
Greatet
Miami
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(305)350
HERENCIA CUBANA EN LA FLORIDA
Plai
Antonio Maceo Day
Cuban Culture
in Florida
cultura cubana en la florida
G
ubans have brought to Florida and to the country as a whole
much
way
in the
festivals
throughout the
which has
of music, fine arts and literature,
American culture
/ contributed greatly to
as a whole.
At Cuban
one can dance to an assortment of con-
state,
and mambo rhythms. Cuban music has
tagious salsa merengue, conga
traditionally blended African, Spanish
and Caribbean sounds.
Today's popular Cuban American musicians include salsa
L
os cubanos
best
known
Ball,
was
contagiosos de
fame
actor,
is
movies and
in
also a
in
television.
come
Marin,
Ana Mendieta,
Ramon
Estefan, Willie Chirino,
un famoso
^b=sJT
el
campo de
Ramon
Songs of Love, which
and Oscar Hijuelos with
de los 80 la
nati Reds, Salazar,
power
Tony
Perez,
who
fue
Garcia,
la television.
conocido
el
creatividad
y
En
del deporte.
las
Ana Mendieta y
el
Lopez Marin,
diseho, Adolfo.
y continua en apogeo en el
el
la
decada
presente.
En
verdadero sentir de
como
las
lo
imagenes
Ricardo Pau Llosa y Pablo Medina. En
la
prosa
sobresalen Virgil Suarez (Latin Jazz), Roberto G.
Fernandez (Raining Backwards), y Oscar Hijuelos que
coached the Cincin-
hitter Jose Canseco, distance
runner Alberto
Mambo Kings
Play Sengs
of
Love ganara
Premio Pulitzer en 1990.
Muchos cubano americanos ellos, se
y state
la
se
han destacado en
los deportes. Entre
encuentran Tony Perez, quien fuera entrenador de
de Cincinnati,
that they have enriched the lives of
their contributions.
y
also starred in the
As Cubans have assimilated into the culture of our
with
cine
evocativas de Lourdes Gil, Carolina Hospital,
his
and tennis pro Mary Jo Fernandez.
try, it is also clear
la
poesia se manifiesta
con su novela The
athletic arena, including
Andy
su Bilingual Blues, asi
into a film starring
Americans have
a
Ball,
Miami y Nueva York el
cubano americano en Gustavo Perez Firmat con
| '
£.
el
Many Cuban
esposo de Lucille
el
fama en
fotografia nos enorgullecen, Rogelio
TheMambo Kings Play
was made
la
La literatura cubano americana ha florecido en
^
Celia Cruz.
ians
la
Suarez (Latin Jazz), Roberto G. Fernandez
(Raining Backwards),
gigante del jazz Paquito de Rivera.
Guerrero y Mario Algaze, y en
Pau Llosa and Pablo Medina convey provocative im-
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Los
Miguel Padura, Emilio Falero y Mario Bencomo. En
Gustavo Perez Firmat, Carolina Hospital, Ricardo
Virgil
el
campos de
sus huellas en los
los pintores,
Guerrero and Mario Algaze have brought their
ages in their verse. Outstanding novelists include
cultura
la
La musica
reina de la guaracha, Gloria
artes visuales resaltan, entre otros, la escultora
Lopez
country have been enhanced
mambo.
Los artistas, escritores y atletas cubano americanos han dejado
Fashion designer Adolfo,
painters Miguel Padura, Emilio Falero
levels of literature in this
el
actor cinematografico.
by the contributions of Cuban Americans. Poets Lourdes Gil,
y
la
Cabe mencionar tambien
'
well-
highly prized imagery to Florida.
The
conga y
director de orquesta en
antes de que alcanzara
be-
;
as well as photographers Rogelio
la
mas conocido como
Desi Arnaz,
to the United States during vari-
ous times of Cuban immigration.
and Mario Bencomo,
Andy Garcia,
merengue,
populandad son: Celia Cruz,
Cuban American.
Visual artists have also
sculptor
New York
la salsa, el
cantantes cubanos y cubano americanos que gozan de mayor
Rivera. Desi Arnaz,
Miami and
a todo el pais su musica,
y
popular cubana se deriva de ritmos espaholes y africanos.
<
United States as the husband of Lucille
famous band leader
a
fore finding
known
and jazz great Paquito de
in the
a la Florida
norteamericana. En los festivales cubanos disfrutara de los ritmos
queen Celia Cruz, contemporary singer Gloria Estefan, Willie Chirino,
han aportado
su arte, y su literatura los cuales han contribuido a
tenista
el
bateador Jose Canseco,
Mary Jo
el
los
Rojos
corredor Alberto Salazar
Fernandez.
and counall
Florid-
A
medida que
los
cubanos
nacional, es evidente que
Florida Cuban heritage Trail
se
han asimilado
han enriquecidos
la
a la cultura estatal
y
vida en nuestro estado.
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Page 26
Flamingo
by Mark Page 28
Ocho
Credits
Hialeah Park by Lance Tucker; Evangelization Plaza
at
Gesu Catholic Church by Van Woods, City of Miami
Elias;
Page 31 Page 32
Little
Our Lady
of
Written and edited by Elizabeth
P.
Perez, Florida
Cuban
Heritage Trail
Page 33
and Rusty Ennemoser, Bureau of Historic Preservation,
assistance provided
by Monique
Museum
design by Jan Wiley,
Cuban
editonal
Page 36
Chanty Shnne and Plaza
the support and guidance of the
members
Page 39
A. Bretos, Ph.D. of Miami; Manela M. Fraser Gonzmart of Tampa; Fernando Noriega, Jr. of Tampa;
Page 40
Page 42
George W. Percy, Director of the Division of Historical Resources.
Thomas
Contributors to this publication include:
Fr.
Eugene Burr; Joseph
Jose Luis
Domingo
Menendez,
Noriega,
Jr.;
L.
Hambright; Sharon
Perucho Sanchez; Esperanza
Pais;
S.J.;
B. de
Paul George, Ph.D.; Jose R. Casanova,
Armando
Cobelo,
F.
DDS; Charles
Nugent; Joel McEachin; Ellen
J.
Ugucciom and
Page 43
and
staff of Historic
Tampa/Hillsborough County Preservation Board; Leslee Keys and
St.
Page 44
Page 45
staff of
Page 47
Keys Preservation Board; Ross Fullam and
staff of Historic
thanks to
all
the
Cuban Members
Havana by Elizabeth
Rico Cigar
Page 48
Page 49
Page 50
Page 3
Freedom Tower by John Gillan Freedom Tower by John Gillan Stained Glass by Michael Zimny
Page 5
Monument
Page 6
Man with Gene
Page 9 Page
1 1
Page 12
Burr;
Woman
Page 14
Page 52
Elias;
Page 54
Cuban Club
interior
by
Eric
Plant
Museum
Marti Park by R. Prophet. Flonda Department of Commerce; La Union Marti-Maceo and Mural by Enc Dusenbery Cigar Maker's Table by Eric Dusenbury; Ybor City State Museum
Ybor Square by George Cott/Chroma Inc.; Queen Isabela Sculpture by Eric Dusenbery; Ybor City by Enc Dusenbery
Cuban Landscape by Miguel Aneas, courtesy
of Havana, courtesy of
Cuban Museum/
Museum
of Flonda History
Plaque and Governor Broward House by Bob Self Battery San Antonio by Holland, courtesy of Flonda Department
Commerce;
Fort
Mose
Castillo de
San Marcos aenal by Ernie
courtesy of the Flonda St.
Museum
Hill
of Natural History;
De
Augustine Histoncal Society
Oldest House interior by Enc Dusenbery; Oldest House extenor
by Ernie
Hill;
Government House by
Bill
Adams Bill Adams
Cuban Club by Gene Burr; Cuban Club Hotel by Sharon Wells First Union Bank and Gato House by Sharon Wells Key West Cemetery by Phillip M. Pollock; Roberts House by
Page 58
Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory and Varela Chapel by
Page 59
San Luis Re-enactors by
Page 64
Cuban Culture photos by
M.
Pollock;
Zimny
Gardens Hotel and Ma]ors House by
Phillip
M.
St.
Augustine Plaza by
Sculpture by Eric Dusenbery
Cover Cigar Boxes by
Pollock
Sally Boswell;
Phillip
Phillip
M.
Bill
San Marcos by
M.
Adams M.
Phillip
Pollock
Pollock (Also, Inside Back
Pollock)
La Terraza de Marti by Sharon Wells; Atocha Artifacts by D. courtesy Maritime Heritage
Museum
Festival
to Jose Marti
Institute
Page 17
Sanchez Painting courtesy
Page 18
Southernmost Point by Gene Burr; 90 Miles by Robert Overton, Florida
Department
by Sharon Wells;
by Gene
of
Burr;
Parla Bust
Museum
Photographs
by Gene Burr
San Pedro by Roger Smith
(Pages 62-63) Musician at Calle Ocho, Children at
Miami
Festival,
Dancers with Musicians courtesy of Flonda Department of
of Florida History
Commerce Custom House by
Flamenco Dancers
Convention and
at
Camaval
Comn
Ybor City courtesy of Tampa/Hillsborough Count)'
Visitors
Bureau
Tinajon by Sharon Wells; U.S.
Michael
Zimny
Historical
Photographs
Miami Sunset by Michael Zimny Bay of
Pigs
Museum and
Liberty
Column by Van Woods,
City of
Miami
Jose Marti, Felix Varela Collection, University ol
Credito Cigar Factory by Florida Department of Hialeah Cultural
Page 25
of Arts and Sciences
Madonna
of Arts and Sciences; Urea de Lima by John Lopinot;
Cathedral by Robert Overton, Flonda Department of Commerce;
Phillip
San Carlos
Page 24
Museum
Statue of
Museum
La Leche Shnne and
by
Monument
Page 21
Cuban Museum/
of
of Arts and Sciences
Flonda House Inn courtesy of Flonda House Inn; Painting of
Page 57
Rolling Cigars
Page 16
Page 23
Dusenbery; Cuban Club exterior by
Page 56
Kibler,
Page 22
Page 55
Old Schoolhouse by Sharon Wells
Cobo House by
Maker's House by
Ybor City Street Scene courtesy of Tampa/Hillsborough County Convention and Visitors Bureau; Tampa Bay Hotel courtesy of
Peha/Peck House, courtesy of
Alfonso/Diaz Carrasco House by
Page 15
Page 19
courtesy of Tampa/Hillsborough
Columbia Restaurant courtesy of Tampa/Hillsborough County Convention and Visitors Bureau
of
Martyrs of Cuba by Sharon Wells
Mark
Elias;
Sharon Wells
Michael Page 13
to the
Cigar by
dnnker by Mark
Visitors Bureau; Cigar
Spanish Shipwreck Exhibit courtesy of
Photo Credits
Page 8
Perez; Coffee
P.
Company
Peasant Child courtesy of
Cover
Elias
Centro Asturiano and Cafe Creole by Michael Zimny
Tampa
of the 1994 Florida Legislature for
spearheading legislative appropnations for this publication.
Page 2
by Mark
Patriots
by Robert Deaton Columbia Restaurant by Eric Dusenbery
Museum
Augustine Preservation Board.
A special
Cuban
by Michael Zimny
staff of Historic Preserva-
tion Dept. of City of Coral Gables; Stephanie E. Ferrell
Historic Florida
Little
Henry
Varona; Jr.;
A. Tingsley; Paul
Fagundo; Susan Parker; Eugene Lyon, Ph.D.; William R. Adams, Ph.D.; Paul K.
of
Michael Zimny
Frank de Varona of Miami; Bemldes Remond-Sanchez of Key West; and
Wells;
Miami
by Michael Zimny
Michael Zimny
of
Mami; Miguel
of Tallahassee; Adela
Hall
Elias and Plaza of the Cuban by Robert Deaton
County Convention and
Heritage Trail Advisory Committee: Carlos Arboleya of Miami;
Luis Botifoll of
Page 38
of Florida History.
We gratefully acknowledge the
Mayi Rodriguez and
Page 35
Rivera and Jose Fernandez. Publication
E.
Miami City
Illustration
Division of Historical Resources. Translation by Roberto G. Fernandez.
Ph.D. Research assistance provided by
Elias;
Woodlawn Cemetery by Mark Patriots; Illustration
Staff Director,
the Greater
Bureau
Visitors
Havana by Mark
of Southern Florida; Calle
Dade County and
courtesy of Metro
Convention and Page 29
Museum
Exhibit courtesy of Histoncal
Walk by Mark
Commerce;
Cuban-Hebrew Congregation and Eternal Torch by Mark Domino Park and Dominoes by Mark Elias
Miami Otto G
Elias
Richtei
1
ibrary; Paulina
courtesy of University of South Flonda Special Collections and History Center: Fernando figu<
Elias
Eduardo-Hidalgo Gj: Vicente Mar-
Pedroso
Tampa Bav
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