Celery farming played a prominent role in the early years, but the neighborhood's industries also included cigar factories, a citrus packing house, dairies, and a blacksmith shop.

[3] Hendry & Knight Real Estate Co. subdivided the "Celebrated Neyland's Celery Farm Land" in 1903 and sold lots in the new neighborhood.

Their advertising was printed in three languages (English, Spanish and Italian) due to the multicultural nature of nearby Tampa and Ybor City.

Gary has an important wye that was once used for the SAL (as well as its successor, the Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) as a runaround and turning point for passenger trains such as the Silver Meteor and the Floridian to back into Tampa Union Station.

Amtrak passenger trains still use the former SCL tracks and wye to turn around and back into Tampa Union Station.

Part of the roof and one wall collapsed in July 2008, forcing the demolition of the rest of the structure in September of that year.

The building still stands on the corner of Ninth Avenue and 36th Street and is used by the True Love Missionary Baptist Church.

Two news items from April 1909 showed that growth, and growing pains, were part of everyday life in Gary.

Residents inside the city limits agreed to remove fencing "while there are no crops in the ground" from the roadways, opening them up to travel.