Bartram at Blue Spring - Orange City, Florida, USA
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N 28° 56.557 W 081° 20.471
17R E 466750 N 3201676
A Bartram Trail marker located at Blue Spring State Park.
Waymark Code: WM14E13
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2021
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Located in Blue Spring State Park is a Volusia County Bartram Trail historical marker. This marker is part of the Volusia County Bartram Trail. It addresses William Bartram's travels in the area mentioning the famed naturalist, artist and poetic writer's first visit to Blue Spring in January of 1766 with his father John.
"This creek, which is formed instantly by this admirable fountain, is wide and deep enough for a sloop to sail up into the bason. The water is perfectly diaphanous, and here are continually a prodigious number and variety of fish; they appear as plain as though lying on a table before your eyes, although many feet deep in the water. ... A pale bluish or pearl colored coagulum covers every inanimate substance that lies in the water, as logs, limbs of trees, &c. Alligators and gar were numerous in the bason..." Quoted from Bartram's book 'Travels'.
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