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Rainbow Springs
The Beauty - The Serenity - The History
Click the Sub to visit Rainbow Springs Now & Then Fade
Such a Great Photograph! Even better, that Model of the Scenic Submarine. We found the Perfect, and possibly the exact spot to Fade this Gent. We must give a Sincere Thanks to FloridaMemoryProject for the use of their photographs from the Florida State Archives.
We borrowed a few cut/pasted words of history to share with you here. ->
"Rainbow Springs was known as Wekiwa Creek by the Seminole Indians."
"Fishing for Mermaids in 1956 - It was known as Blue Spring until the 1930s, when the site was developed as a tourist attraction and the promoter sought a more distinctive name (there are several other springs in Florida named "Wekiwa" and "Blue"). To compete with the "glass bottom boats" of nearby Silver Springs, Florida, submarine tours were given of the springs. As for some other Florida springs, such as Weeki Wachee Springs, "mermaid shows" were an attraction in the 1950s. The tourist attraction was forced to close in the 1970s."
Please give credit to, and read more here
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Click this line to Visit Rainbow Springs State Park Website. They have some excellent history, images, old and new, as well as information for you.
This site here, is Well Worth Visiting. Springs Eternal Project
We borrowed a few cut/pasted words of history to share with you here. ->
"Rainbow Springs was known as Wekiwa Creek by the Seminole Indians."
"Fishing for Mermaids in 1956 - It was known as Blue Spring until the 1930s, when the site was developed as a tourist attraction and the promoter sought a more distinctive name (there are several other springs in Florida named "Wekiwa" and "Blue"). To compete with the "glass bottom boats" of nearby Silver Springs, Florida, submarine tours were given of the springs. As for some other Florida springs, such as Weeki Wachee Springs, "mermaid shows" were an attraction in the 1950s. The tourist attraction was forced to close in the 1970s."
Please give credit to, and read more here
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Click this line to Visit Rainbow Springs State Park Website. They have some excellent history, images, old and new, as well as information for you.
This site here, is Well Worth Visiting. Springs Eternal Project
Some of the Boats on Rainbow Springs
FloridaPast's most spectacularly colorful underwater gardens and marine life; shown thru new underwater view and submarine boats
Submarine Boat on Silver Springs
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Jungle Tour on Mullet Key, FloridaPast
 Sight See-ing Tour of St. Augustine, FloridaPast  Your the 64th Passenger, and we are READY TO ROLL - Sit back, and ENJOY Ya'll  Best for Ya'll to take this tour in the morn'in - cause it's gonna be a Hot FloridaPast day today  FLORIDA REPTILE LAND - Perry FloridaPast  Aquatarium - St. Pete Beach & Gulf of Mexico - FloridaPast |
 Get on board the Conch Train - Key West FloridaPast Tour - if Ya'll miss dis one, dar'z anodder com'in round'  Told'ya, anodder right behind this one. Sorry, we are filled up.  DOG LAND - near Chiefland, FloridaPast  Ouija the Fortune Telling Chicken, Silver Springs, FloridaPast |
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If you want to skip around to other parts of your tour, without following Wally Gator,
you can use any of the FloridaPast Tour Links below, to get you there.
Remember, Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at'cha.
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Begining of your Tour/Highway-2/Highway-3-Natural Scenes/Highway-4-Roadside Hotels & Motels/Highway-5-Past Attractions/Attraction Tour 5B/Highway-6-Citrus Farming Tour/
Highway-7-Historical Images/Highway-8-Seminole Indians Tour/Seminole Indians Musa Isle Tour 8-b/
you can use any of the FloridaPast Tour Links below, to get you there.
Remember, Wally doesn't like when his Tour leaves to go their own way. So he may snip at'cha.
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Begining of your Tour/Highway-2/Highway-3-Natural Scenes/Highway-4-Roadside Hotels & Motels/Highway-5-Past Attractions/Attraction Tour 5B/Highway-6-Citrus Farming Tour/
Highway-7-Historical Images/Highway-8-Seminole Indians Tour/Seminole Indians Musa Isle Tour 8-b/