Lost Attractions of Florida
| Author | : James C. Clark |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2023-02-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467145955 |
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Lost Attractions of Florida's Miracle Strip
| Author | : Tim Hollis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467150339 |
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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.
Lost Attractions of Silver Springs
| Author | : Tim Hollis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2018-07 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1467139564 |
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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.
A New Guide to Old Florida Attractions
| Author | : Doug Alderson |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2020-11-02 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1683340876 |
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A New Guide to Old Florida Attraction, 2nd edition is a nostalgic journey through old Florida where mermaids still perform in the waters of Weeki Wachee Springs and the carillon bells of the Bok Towers continue to echo across Iron Mountain near Lake Wales. Monstrous reptiles are ever abundant at Gatorland, Gatorama and dolphins continue to leap at Marineland. The first edition was first place winner of the 2017 Royal Palm Literary Award for published travel book and top five finalist for 2017 book of the year by the Florida Writers Association. The second edition revisits a pride of lions in southeast Florida’s Lion Country Safari and concrete statues at Goofy Gold in Panama City Beach. New destinations include the Citrus Tower in Clermont, the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami to name just a few. A New Guide to Old Florida Attractions, 2nd edition takes you to these places and more on an unforgettable journey across the Sunshine State. Discover what Florida's golden age of tourism was, and still is, all about― magical and beautiful.
Florida Roadside Attractions History
| Author | : Kenneth Breslauer |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2018-07-12 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781532363337 |
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Lost Attractions of the Smoky Mountains
| Author | : Tim Hollis |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467144126 |
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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.
Historic Photos of Florida Tourist Attractions
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1618586262 |
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Today, we're familiar with the major theme parks which charge families hundreds of dollars a day to wait in line for moments of thrills on technologically amazing rides. Florida, however, has been drawing tourists for centuries with simpler attractions which cost much less to view the animals or exhibits, or commune with nature. In Historic Photos of Florida Early Tourist Attractions, Steve Rajtar brings us back to the simpler ways early visitors enjoyed their time in the Sunshine State. Tour the state with photos of the tourist attractions which were here before Walt Disney World, in the days when a row of antique cars sufficed and tourists did not require constant action. See the wax figures which amazed visitors long before the invention of audioanimatronic mannequins. See what curiosities brought in the tourists and their dollars decades before today's theme parks dominated the billboards and themselves became worldwide vacation destinations.
Lost Attractions of Hampton Roads
| Author | : Nancy E. Sheppard |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2019-06-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1439667063 |
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Take a trip down memory lane to beloved destinations for fun and families across Virginia's tidewater. Cruise the rails of Ocean View Amusement Park's "The Rocket" roller coaster, dig for fossils at Hampton's Rice's Fossil Pit, celebrate the winter season at Portsmouth's Coleman's Nursery and learn the significant role that Buckroe Beach's Bay Shore Beach Park played in American history. From the Great White Fleet to a Wild West park, journey through this vibrant history with author and historian Nancy E. Sheppard and discover whether such cherished places can ever truly be lost.
Dixie before Disney
| Author | : Tim Hollis |
| Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 1999-01-01 |
| Genre | : Southern States |
| ISBN | : 9781617033742 |
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Selling the Sunshine State
| Author | : Tim Hollis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780813032665 |
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"For more than a century, Florida has thrived on its image as an exotic playground. The state was an early innovator in tourism marketing, with fun, colorful, evocative print advertisements designed to reinforce the state's selling points: beautiful weather, clear waterways, citrus, and unique man-made attractions." "Selling the Sunshine State is a scrapbook of bygone brochures, postcards, souvenirs, and photos, all designed to lure new guests and residents to the peninsula. Avid Floridiana collector and cultural historian Tim Hollis's personal collection forms the heart of the nearly 500 color images herein. This lovingly assembled book is arranged according to the state's traditional tourism department regions, such as the Miracle Strip, the Big Bend, and the Gold Coast. This fascinating book opens a window to the lost attractions and sometimes shocking appeals made in promotional material created from the 1920s through the 1970s."--BOOK JACKET.
