Home of Enchanted Manatees, Beautiful Blue Springs Park
We’d heard about the Florida springs for years. That turquoise water everyone raves about. Looks fake in pictures, but it’s real. Ichetucknee, Homosassa, DeLeon, Wakulla, Silver Springs—all nice, all have...


![Statue on a stone pedestal with flags and trees in a park. Transcribed Text: JUAN PONCE DE LEON DISCOVERER OF FLORIDA […] MARCH 1513 THIS LAND WHICH HE CALLED LA FLORIDA ESTABLISHING A RIGHT OF POSSESSION UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE CROWNS OF SPAIN AND CASTILE FROM WHICH THIS COUNTRY DERIVES THE NAME OF FLORIDA THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY PONCE DE LEON’S DESCENDANTS IN THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL SECTIONS OF SPAIN AUGUST 1909.](https://traveltheparks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/statue-of-ponce-de-leon-st-augustine-1020-FI-1.jpg)








