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De Leon Springs State Park
Mill house at De Leon Springs, FL. 1910
De Leon Springs State Park is one of Florida's State
Parks, located in De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida.
Features
The park covers 603 acres (2.4 km²) of Volusia County, built around a
natural sulphur spring that remains 72 degrees Fahrenheit year-round and reaches
a depth of 30 feet at the spring boil. Canoeing, kayaking, and fishing are
permitted in the spring run; swimming is permitted in designated areas. There
is a five-mile nature trail popular for birdwatching; alligators, Great Blue
Herons, Ospreys, Limpkins, vultures, Anhingas, egrets, Belted Kingfishers,
American White Ibis, and hawks are among the wildlife living in the park.
The park's recreational facilities include pavilions, volleyball nets, a playground,
and horseshoe pits.
History
DeLeon Springs was first occupied as early as 8000 BCE (a dugout canoe dating
back to at least 6000 BCE was found on the site) by local Native American
tribes. In the 1500s, Spanish forces, possibly including Juan Ponce de León,
passed through. The Spanish would return in 1783 after regaining the land
from England (who had held it since 1763), granting land near the springs
to settlers to establish a plantation called "Spring Garden" where
corn, cotton, and sugar cane were grown. Sometime around this time the Seminole
began to settle in the area.
The area came under American ownership some time after Florida became a territory
in 1821; Colonel Orlando Rees built a mill to grind the corn and sugar. Most
of the facilities were destroyed by Union troops during the American Civil
War; however, the waterwheel and building remain on the site to this day,
now housing a pancake restaurant called "The Old Spanish Sugar Mill",
owned and operated by local residents.
The Seminole tribe briefly regained the land during the Second Seminole War
and sacked the plantation; General Zachary Taylor led the U.S. Army forces
to gain control of it in 1838.
The area drew tourists in the 1880s, when it was touted as a winter resort
for the springs' alleged rejuvenating powers; it was advertised as a fountain
of youth.
In 1982 the State of Florida acquired the land for use as a recreational area.
Information found at:
Other Sites:
Other links to Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge:
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/fl_lakew.htm
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