A very insightful history of Silver Glen Springs
An early map of the Silver Glen Spring Cave System
Silver Glen Springs - 1930
Ray King: "Photographer was positioned on the inside curve of the bend and looking westward toward Sandboil Creek which is entering the run to the left of the palm trees. This anonymous photo* was taken around 1930 and shows this portion of the run as it was in the 1930-1950's. I remember seeing that white marker on the other side. The main channel is just in front of it. The extensive grass beds in this view are all now bare as may be seen in much later photographs. We never went into the grass beds, not even as swimmers. The photo of me fishing on the dock circa. 1948, would have been about 100 feet to the right of campers on this same side and the background in that photo would have been these grass beds in the bend." *Photo courtesy credit : Florida Ecological Survey, Bulletin 66, Page 240, Fig 122
Silver Glen Springs during the 1940s - Ray's parents and their kids.
Bambi and her friends
Ray Sr. and a large prawn
Playing in quicksand
Concentration - serious concentration
Eleanor and her friends (and I assume Ray's mom)
Sunny Burbridge and her mom
Sunny Burbridge
Hmm - Ray is thinking "keeper or not?"
A fun time - check out the truck innertube
Jun 16, 2009: Ray has suggested that my next trip back to the US that we connect and visit Rainbow Springs. Here are some of his photos
Mullet
C. Frank Starmer