Lost Attractions Of Silver Springs
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Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467139564 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467139564 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of Silver Springs by : Tim Hollis
For more than 50 years, there was no more iconic Florida tourist attraction than Silver Springs. Its sheer popularity meant that the surrounding area--indeed, the entirety of Marion County--serviced the entertainment, gas, food, and lodging needs of millions of tourists annually. Visitors flocked to places like Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Tommy Bartlett's Deer Ranch, and natural attractions like Rainbow Springs and Ocala Caverns. Sadly, as Florida tourism moved into the theme park era, scores of smaller attractions and their related businesses were abandoned. Author Tim Hollis revisits these once-thriving tourist spots and what happened when those tourists stopped coming.
Author |
: James C. Clark |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 2023-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467145954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467145955 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of Florida by : James C. Clark
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2022 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467150330 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467150339 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip by : Tim Hollis
Beginning in the early 1950s, the 130 miles of Florida coastline stretching from Panama City to Pensacola were branded as the Miracle Strip. Between those cities, oddities sprang up: goofy miniature golf courses, neon-bedecked motels, reptile farms and attractions that sought to re-create environments ranging from the South Pacific to the ghost towns of the Old West. In total, it was a marketing effort that worked brilliantly. Tourists flocked to the Strip, and now they can return. Author Tim Hollis presents a colorful array of these now-vanished sights, from the garish Miracle Strip Amusement Park to such oddities as Castle Dracula and the Museum of the Sea and Indian.
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2021-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467146937 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467146935 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of Georgia by : Tim Hollis
While Atlanta has been a major tourist destination since the Civil War, travelers rarely encountered the rest of Georgia unless they were on their way to Florida. That meant scores of attractions, motels, restaurants and gas stations sprang up along the major and minor routes, all vying for their own piece of those Yankee dollars. In Lost Attractions of Georgia, author Tim Hollis introduces us to such defunct sights as Storyland and the Georgia Game Park, as well as now-extinct elements of popular attractions, including Six Flags Over Georgia, Rock City, Stone Mountain Park and others.
Author |
: Robert L Knight |
Publisher |
: Wordcrafts Press |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 2020-12-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 195247440X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781952474408 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Silver Springs - The Liquid Heart of Florida by : Robert L Knight
Silver Springs, located in central Florida, is perhaps the best known natural artesian spring in the world. A grand natural wonder of the world on par with Niagara Falls or the mighty Mississippi River. Easily the largest spring in the world, Silver Springs boasts long-term average measured flows of more than 500 million gallons per day-enough to meet the water consumption needs of 5 million Floridians. Silver Springs is the most visited spring system in the U.S. drawing more than one million tourists each year, and that's before the days of Disney. Silver Springs has been called the "Fountain of Knowledge" about how all aquatic ecosystems function, based on a landmark, holistic, ecosystem study conducted more than 70 years ago. Yet Silver Springs is fading due to the careless apathy of the public and the clever manipulations of truth by unscrupulous proponents of poorly regulated growth and development. Despite that, this is an exciting time in the long history of Silver Springs. The Liquid Heart of Florida has the chance to turn the corner from more than 50 years of regulatory neglect and decline, to a future of recovery and protection. Silver Springs can serve as an allegory for all of Florida's natural wonders. Either it can go the way of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker and Carolina Parakeet, or it can be returned from near extinction like the Brown Pelican and the Bald Eagle. The future of Silver Springs is a choice that will be made by the actions or inactions of our generation.
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2020 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781467144124 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1467144126 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains by : Tim Hollis
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most visited national parks in the country, and countless attractions around its borders have tried for decades to siphon some of those valuable tourist dollars. From ersatz western towns and concrete dinosaurs to misplaced Florida-type attractions and celebrity theaters, you will find them all preserved in this book. Author Tim Hollis showcases those businesses that no longer exist, from Hill-Billy Village in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg's theme parks on the Tennessee side to the motels of Cherokee and Ghost Town in the Sky on the North Carolina side.
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2020-04-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439669617 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439669619 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains by : Tim Hollis
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most visited national parks in the country, and countless attractions around its borders have tried for decades to siphon some of those valuable tourist dollars. From ersatz western towns and concrete dinosaurs to misplaced Florida-type attractions and celebrity theaters, you will find them all preserved in this book. Author Tim Hollis showcases those businesses that no longer exist, from Hill-Billy Village in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg's theme parks on the Tennessee side to the motels of Cherokee and Ghost Town in the Sky on the North Carolina side.
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 161703374X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781617033742 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Dixie before Disney by : Tim Hollis
Author |
: David Cook |
Publisher |
: HPN Books |
Total Pages |
: 120 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781893619784 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1893619788 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Historic Ocala by : David Cook
Author |
: Tim Hollis |
Publisher |
: Stackpole Books |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0811732665 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780811732666 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Glass Bottom Boats & Mermaid Tails by : Tim Hollis
Quintessential roadside book recounts how Florida's natural wonders were first developed as tourist attractions.