FLORIDA SPECTACULAR w/Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby - DeLeon Springs

This week, Florida Spectacular takes a deep dive into DeLeon Springs. Rick and Cathy talk about the first people who lived in the area, EuroAmerican settlers, and the history of the sugar mill and plantation that formed around the spring. They end the podcast talking about the more "roadside Florida" aspects of the spring, including, of course, waterskiing elephants and make-your-own pancakes.
De Leon Springs State Park
Old Florida's Finest: DeLeon Springs
A deeper dive into the spring
Stetson project abut enslaved people at DeLeon Springs
Queenie the Waterskiing elephant
Waterskiing elephants at DeLeon Springs
Liz and Queenie

FLORIDA SPECTACULAR Cathy Salustri’s delightful, insightful book takes us on a trip through sapphire springs, wetlands alive with birdsong, and other hidden corners of this multifarious state. Salustri veers off the well-trodden path of Sunshine State ridicule to give us a well-researched, impeccably reported human and natural history of the landscapes that make this state so compelling. https://www.amazon.com/Florida-Spectacular-Extraordinary-Places-Exceptional/dp/081308069X

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