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At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, this area, a sand flat without a tree but surrounded by an extensive forest, served as the camp site of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, the 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment and the most unusual regiment in the history of the U. S. Army. Twelve hundred strong, the Rough Riders included cowboys, Indians, polo players, ranchers, hunters, socialites, lawmen, trappers, and others. This hodge podge group left Tampa to fight in the hills of Cuba for their belief that "All Men Should Be Free." Teddy and his horsemen became a legend in their own time.
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Tampa, Florida · United States
