December 5, 2012 White Springs, Florida

 

The old general store is a museum. Was not open while we were here. An historic home in White Springs. Early 1900’s.

White Sulfur Springs was a big resort with this bath house built around the spring, the spring itself had these 4 balconies around it. A huge flood took out  the bath house . The grand hotels burnt down. This is what is left today. The spring has dried up, probably from lower ground water from dams and irrigating. They changed the name of the town to White Springs

The old historic gas station is now a public library. The natives used to make pine needle baskets out of these long leaf pine needles, the same kind I use now. They only grow in the southeast.

Falling Creek Falls. This is closer to Lake City than White Springs, but close. Falling Creek. The water level is pretty low now, but the pictures show it with a beautiful fall with higher levels.

Falling Creek Church. Built in the 1880’s and still in use. It has separate entrances for men and women.

Falling Creek cemetery. A cotton mouth or water moccasin  snake. I saw it by the bike path when we went riding yesterday. When threatened it opens it’s mouth in warning. The inside of the mouth is white. I was not sure what kind it was, until it did the mouth thing. I backed off.