Plate of Ernest L. Robinson Title Page -- p.1 Copyright -- p.2 Staff -- p.3 Dedication -- p.5 Poem -- p.6 Table of contents -- p.7 Foreword -- p.9 Chapter I: Spanish explorers -- p.11 Chapter II: Fort Brooke and early Tampa -- p.16 Chapter III: Hillsborough County in the early forties -- p.21 Chapter IV: Activities of 1846-1848 -- p.24 Chapter V: Beginnings of the city of Tampa Chapter VI: 1855-1861 -- p.38 Chapter VII: The Civil War period -- p.43 Chapter VIII: A period of slow growth Chapter IX: Connecting Tampa with the world by rail -- p.56 Chapter X: The second coming of the Spanish -- p.60 Chapter XI: Tampa's second railroad Chapter XII: Early development of Plant City -- p.66 Chapter XIII: Towns surrounding Plant City -- p.72 Chapter XIV: Plant City today, center of East Hillsborough County Chapter XV: The period of transition: from village to town to city -- p.89 Chapter XVI: Public utilities the servants of a city -- p.97 Chapter XVII: Thonotosassa -- p.104 Chapter XVIII: The development of a port -- p.108 Chapter XIX: West Tampa: A city made to fit an opportunity -- p.117 Chapter XX: Modern highways -- p.120 Chapter XXI: Public education -- p.126 Chapter XXII: Forty years of school development in Tampa -- p.132 Chapter XXIII: Modern commercial and industrial development in Tampa Part II Biographical -- p.157 Bio: Knight, Peter O. -- p.158 Bio: A -- p.161 Bio: B -- p.171 Bio: C -- p.202 Bio: D -- p.226 Bio: E -- p.233 Bio: F -- p.236 Bio: G -- p.251 Bio: H -- p.262 Bio: J Bio: K -- p.291 Bio: L -- p.296 Bio: M -- p.308 Bio: N -- p.336 Bio: O -- p.340 Bio: P -- p.342 Bio: Q -- p.354 Bio: R -- p.355 Bio: S -- p.363 Bio: T -- p.389 Bio: V -- p.395 Bio: W -- p.398 Bio: Y -- p.420 Bio: Z -- p.423 Bio: Robinson, Ernest Lauren -- p.424