Adamsville

Description
The small town of Adamsville, once stood just south of Gibsonton off US 41. Settled by the Adams family in the late 1800s, the small community, south of Bullfrog Creek, was a small farming community and also home to one of the largest tropical fish farms. Today, Adamsville is included in the town of Gibsonton.
Language
eng
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Of Fishes and Men

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Type: Still Image
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Adamsville
Contributors: Sims, Robert E.
Publisher: Sunland Tribune (Scholar Commons)
Description: In 1934, H. B. Woolf and Son, a major tropical fish farmer and supplier, established a large hatchery first in Gibsonton, but quickly relocated to Adamsville where it supplied tropical fish, by air, to market around the United States. This article, by Robert Sims, details the establishment of this South HIllsborough County industry and highlights the tiny community of Adamsville. Sims, Robert E… more
Full Text: Sunland Tribune (Scholar Commons) … http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ …
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