Event Details

YBOR CITY BENEATH THE SURFACE

Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm

Location: North Port Community United Church of Christ 3450 South Biscayne Boulevard - Decker Hall

Description: YBOR CITY BENEATH THE SURFACE TOPIC OF OCTOBER MEETING

Archaeologist Rebecca O’Sullivan, Outreach Coordinator, Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN), will be the speaker at our October 8 meeting. Her topic: “Ybor City Beneath the Surface.” Archaeology beneath the Ybor City we see today can tell us even more about the people who founded and lived in this bustling and unique cigar town. Staff and volunteers from the West Central Regional Center of FPAN conducted archaeological investigations at the Ybor City Museum State Park as part of a larger archaeological survey of this historic neighborhood. Located on 9th Avenue and 19th Street in Ybor City (Tampa), the city block was once the home of many cigar-factory and related-industry workers and their families.

This presentation covers the background of the particular lot and their current work to connect the small forgotten things recovered during excavations throughout the area to the people of Ybor City’s past and present.

A fall tour of the Ybor Museum Park will be announced in the November/December WMS/LSSAS Newsletter.

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FPAN is attending this event.