Vicente Martinez Ybor
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Vicente Martinez Ybor was a Spanish entrepreneur who first became a noted industrialist and cigar manufacturer in Cuba, then Key West, and finally Tampa, Florida.
Vicente Martinez Ybor c. 1890
Ybor's cigar factory, c. 1902
Restored casitas (homes for cigar workers in the late 1800s) at the Museum, Ybor City, Tampa
Martinez Ybor's grave site in the St. Louis section of Tampa's Oaklawn Cemetery
Oaklawn Cemetery
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Oaklawn Cemetery is the first public burial ground in Tampa, Florida, United States. The location was deeded in the mid-19th century and was described as the final resting place for "White and Slave, Rich and Poor." Oaklawn Cemetery is located at the intersection of Morgan Street and Harrison Street in downtown Tampa, about two blocks South of I-275. It has approximately 1,700 graves.
Harrison St. entrance to Oaklawn Cemetery
Darwin Branch Givens marble marker at Oaklawn Cemetery
USS Sagamore marker