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The fixture for make-your-own-pancakes breakfast in DeLeon Springs will be closing its doors in September with new owners opening in October. Old Spanish Sugar Mill at DeLeon Springs State Park to ...
Volusia County visitors pining for pancakes have traveled from far and wide, lining up as early as 5:30 a.m., just for a chance to eat at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant within De Leon ...
The Strawn Historic Citrus Packing House District (also known as the Bob White Historic Citrus Packing House District) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on September 13, 1993) located at 5707 Lake Winona Road in DeLeon Springs, Florida in Volusia County. It contains 12 historic buildings and 3 structures.
DeLeon Springs is named for Juan Ponce de León. [5] It was originally called Spring Garden and the name was changed in the late 1800s to attract tourists. [6] The region was developed in 1925 with a hotel/restaurant the DeLeon Spring Inn, later called the Ponce de Leon Springs Hotel, which was expanded into a larger tourist attraction in 1953. [6]
Mill house at De Leon Springs, c. 1910. People have been living near the spring at least 6,000 years. Two dugout canoes, 5,000 and 6,000 years old, were found in the spring in 1985 and 1990. They are the oldest canoes discovered in the Western Hemisphere. [citation needed] There are no known records linking Ponce de Leon to the spring.
De Leon (/ d ɪ ˈ l iː ɒ n / dih LEE-on) is a city located in Comanche County in the U.S. state of Texas.Its population was 2,258 in the 2020 census. [4] It is commonly associated with being named after the Spanish explorer Ponce de León, but the town is actually named for its location on the Leon River (de León in Spanish), which flows directly north and east of the community, and drains ...
Sipe Springs is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 1477 and 587 on Sipe Springs Branch, 17 mi (27 km) northwest of Comanche in northwestern Comanche County. [4] It is also located 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Stephenville and 16 mi (26 km) west of De Leon .
Comanche County was a sundown town, and in 1886 the communities of Bibb, De Leon, Fleming, Sipe Springs, and Whittville had signage reading, "No negroes allowed in this town." [ 19 ] According to a 1953 study, the county took pride in and publicized its all-white population.