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Rainbow Springs
The Beauty - The Serenity - The History

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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."

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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.

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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

US Highway 41, just north of Dunnellon. 547 million gallons of crystal clear water flow daily forming the gigantic springs
Submarine Boat on Silver Springs

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Lezz see, I got 37 centz, how much you got?
Jungle Tour on Mullet Key, FloridaPast
I think I see Grandma and Grammpappa
Sight See-ing Tour of St. Augustine, FloridaPast
A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A CONCH TRAIN TOUR IN KEY WEST
Your the 64th Passenger, and we are READY TO ROLL - Sit back, and ENJOY Ya'll
Whaaaaat-R-we-C'in Double -- naaaa, juss anodder and anodder and anodder
Best for Ya'll to take this tour in the morn'in - cause it's gonna be a Hot FloridaPast day today
This place shur is a hop'in this morn'in
FLORIDA REPTILE LAND - Perry FloridaPast
with Precision
Aquatarium - St. Pete Beach & Gulf of Mexico - FloridaPast
Now WAVE for the Camera Folks
Get on board the Conch Train - Key West FloridaPast Tour - if Ya'll miss dis one, dar'z anodder com'in round'
I think I see Aunt Ida' - I Do I Do, Hey Aunt Ida'
Told'ya, anodder right behind this one. Sorry, we are filled up.
Just a kool FloridaPast scene
DOG LAND - near Chiefland, FloridaPast
If you want your Fortune,
Ouija the Fortune Telling Chicken, Silver Springs, FloridaPast

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I bet Ya'llz r purr'tee Durn ParrCHED buy now - So letz getz sum FloridaPast Citrus Juice
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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