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Stephen Foster Memorial Park
WhatWasInThere
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Our Personal Favorite FloridaPast Areas - We Love White Springs

It was a Christmas Night not long ago. Now immortalized on the map, and Faded from this Beautiful Day Time Scene to a Night Time Christmas Scene
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We are inside the Stephen Foster State Park, sometime during the 1950s, looking at the Beautiful Carillon Tower
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Carillon Tower Nightime during the 1960s - Click to visit a Now & Then
Facebook Link to Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park

A wonderful short Diarama video
​by Stephen Foster State Park

Since we cannot add to the history of this Historic FloridaPast Attraction,
we borrowed a few words of history to share -

"In 1931 Josiah K. Lilly, the son of Indiana pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli K. Lilly, suggested a memorial to composer Stephen Foster, whose song ‘Old Folks at Home’ made the Suwannee River known all over the world. The Florida Federation of Music Clubs adopted his idea and obtained contributions of land in White Springs, Florida. The Stephen Foster Memorial Commission administered the development of the park, which opened in 1950. In 1935, ‘Old Folks at Home’ was designated Florida’s official state song. Stephen Collins Foster, born in 1826, composed more than 200 songs during his lifetime."
-Please give history/text credit to, and click here for more history of Stephen Foster Memorial Park-
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"Left to right, we meet Barbara Rose Higginson, Harriet C. Frazier, Lynne Crusan, Carolyn Anne Reeves and Priscilla L. Salemi."
Jeanie Ball participants standing front Carillon Tower within the grounds of The Famed Stephen Foster Memorial Park at White Springs
The camera clicked these Smiling Gals, Febuary 1961.
A Wonderful share by Lyn Augustine Chilton of Historic X Facebook Community. Click this line to visit the original thread post, where you'll find some history and stories about the Jeanie Ball Participants.
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​We found that The Jeanie Ball - aka - Jeanie & Stephen Vocal Auditions and Stephen Foster Day still continues on to this day.
As information is available, we'll try our best to share a link here.

Crossing the Bridge of FloridaPast into FloridaPresent - White Springs

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Crossing over the Suwannee River in 1909
Click to stand on the bridge today to see yesterday
Suwannee River at White Springs Crossing over the bridge 1927

The Jackson Hotel on River Street

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New Jackson Hotel, White Springs Florida - 1910
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Hotel Jackson River Street - White Springs Florida 1920s Era
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