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This is a photograph of the view overlooking North Adams, dated 1905.

As the port of Tampa was starting to attract more traffic from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, the Town Council of Tampa began to worry about the potential spread of disease that this new influx of peoples and commodities might bring. This law…

A Quarantine was established as an area in the port of Tampa at which all goods and individuals arriving from South and Central American and West Indian Ports would be inspected. At the meeting the establishment of the specific regulations of said…

The Quarantine is officially announced and May 10th is established as the date of its official implementation. The regulations establish the position of Quarantine Inspector for the city, and that this position be given to Dr. D. M. Burgess. The…

The Council granted rights to four of its members, including the president of the council, to appoint members to the council in the event of their deaths during the epidemic. This meeting would be the first of several toward the end of 1887 to…

Even though there is evidence that there was rampant yellow fever in 1887, the Council decides to not extend the pre-existing Quarantine to include Key West, which has been rumored to have had an outbreak of small pox.

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Undated photograph of a horse-drawn wagon containing textile machinery from Hunter Machine Works.

This is a photograph of James Hunter Machine Works, sourced from a book published in 1898 called "North Adams and Vicinity Illustrated."