Gateway Community: White Springs

Our First Gateway Community
Centered around the historic White Sulphur Springs, the town of White Springs was first settled in 1835, when Bryant and Elizabeth Sheffield purchased the land around the spring and built a log hotel. By the 1880s, there were 14 hotels in town catering to tourists who came by steamboat and railroad to "take the waters."

As the riverboat era faded, the town froze in time. Many White Springs homes and businesses date back to the 1880s boom and remain landmarks today, showcasing architecture typical of turn-of-the-century Florida.

The Florida Trail leads you right past the State of Florida's Nature and Heritage Tourism Center, a great stop for information on outdoor recreation opportunities and the home base of the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail, of which the Florida Trail is a part.

The Suwannee Section

In the late 1960s, volunteers from the Florida Trail Association began to scout segments of trail along the Suwannee River and worked with White Springs landowners to make the trail a reality. The Florida Trail continues to be a public-private partnership through this region, running for nearly 75 miles along the Suwannee River from Big Shoals west to Mill Creek in Twin Rivers State Forest.

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[daphnepittman]

I love White Springs. Great Video

[rcjera]

I live in white springs! This is a good video!

[ganeshmayee]

Simply it is nice and live. Congratulations for the best shots of this video and the great efforts put in. Keep it...