An interesting fact about Tampa

Did you know, that in 1895, the number of cigar factories in Tampa numbered 120, empoying close to 5,000 workers?

These workers would produce an estimated 90 million cigars a year.

By 1900, Tampa would become the leading manufacturing city in the state of Florida.  The cigar factories would receive about 1,180 tons of Cuban tobacco and convert it into $10 million in cigar exports.