ROUGH RIDERS ENCAMPMENT MEMORIAL MARKER

AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, THIS AREA WAS THE CAMP SITE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S ROUGH RIDERS, THE MOST UNUSUAL REGIMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY. THE ROUGH RIDERS (1ST U.S. VOLUNTEER CAVALRY REGIMENT) 1200 STRONG, INCLUDED COWBOYS, INDIANS, POLO PLAYERS, RANCHERS, HUNTERS, SOCIALITES, LAWMAN, TRAPPERS, ET AL. 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.