Palma Sola

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The traveler by water, coming south in one of the vessels of the Tampa Steamship Company from Cedar Keys, as he enters the fine harbor of Tampa Bay, passing Egmont Lighthouse, sees ahead across nine miles of blue water a cluster of white houses, apparently upon the southeast shore of Tampa Bay, and is told by the ever-present tourist, who has been there before and is pining to give information, that that is Palma Sola, the City of the Lone Palm. From Egmont Lighthouse it appears to be upon the shore of the bay, but as the steamer plows her way through the clear water a large harbor or estuary opens out before him, and it becomes apparent that this city by the Gulf is located upon a body of water, that for beauty of shore line and perfection as a harbor has no equal in Florida.