Spanish American War from the Florida Shore - Flickr Commons Florida Memory - 0 views
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Moultrie Creek on 29 Jul 09In 1898 national attention focused on Florida as the Spanish-American War began. The port city of Tampa served as the primary staging area for U.S. troops bound for the war in Cuba. The arrival of over 30,000 troops, including Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry unit, changed Tampa from a small town to a city.