Kristine Cummings

How Was Tampa Founded?

Settlement of Tampa began with Fort Brooke, established in 1824 to oversee the Seminoles. During the American Civil War the Confederates yielded the fort after bombardment by Union gunboats. Henry B. Plant’s South Florida Railroad arrived in 1884 and stimulated population growth and new industry. How was Tampa discovered? Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon first …

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What Leaked Into Tampa?

The takeaway message: Polluted wastewater at an abandoned phosphate mine in Manatee County was pumped into Tampa Bay to stop a leak from flooding surrounding neighborhoods. Stakeholders say this could have consequences for the marine ecosystem. What was dumped into Tampa Bay? Florida environment officials are suing the owner of an old fertilizer plant over …

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