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Ocala FL Tourist Attractions
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Ocala FL Tourist Attractions
Tourist attractions in Ocala FL - Theme Parks, Tours, Museums, National Parks, Historic Sites & More!
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Capt.Mike Tracy's LAZY RIVER CRUISES
Guided pontoon boat tour
Category: Ocala Nature in Florida
Description of this Ocala Attraction: Guided pontoon boat tours on the Withlacoochee river just outside of Ocala,Florida. The most popular tour is a 2 hour tour @ $17 per person. During the tour you will find out many things about Florida, the river and the local wildlife. Some of the wildlife you might see on a tour are alligators,otters,deer,wild turkey,bobcat,as well as many types of birds osprey,herons,egrets,eagles,and many others.The tours run through some of the most scenic areas in Florida. It is very undeveloped and peaceful along this river!Allow 72 hours for email reservations and 24 hours for phone reservations.These are a minimum.
VOTED BEST TOUR GUIDE IN CITRUS COUNTY YEAR AFTER YEAR
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Men, Salt, Cattle & Battle: The Civil War in Florida
The story of Florida's role in the Civil War
Category: Inverness Museum near Ocala, Florida
Description of this Ocala area Attraction: This display of pictures, early maps and historic photographs, and rare and unique artifacts is used to help relate the story of Florida’s special role in the Civil War. This story is often overlooked in the retelling of accounts of this great and tragic era of American history. “The Old Courthouse Heritage Museum plows new ground with the production of this exhibit – utilizing its expanded capacity to develop exciting and information presentations,” says Karl Seidman, long-time volunteer docent at the Museum.
Florida is often considered the forgotten Confederate state. One contemporary referred to the state as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.” Nonetheless, Florida played a vital role in the war with its approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline.
This long coastline proved invaluable for the production of salt, made by boiling sea water in large kettles or evaporating it in man-made tidal pools. The exhibition also highlights the importance of Florida cattle which provided much of the beef for the main southern armies, particularly during the later stages of the war.
With this large expanse of coastline, Floridians recognized their vulnerability to invasion, blockade and occupation, and actually started organizing new volunteer military forces to defend the state even before the firing on Fort Sumter, which marked the beginning of the Civil War. Many of these “minute man” units became the companies that later joined the Confederate forces. Citrus County had its own home guard present here in 1861. Florida’s contribution to the war grew to a total of 15,000 troops. These then were organized into twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a few artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations.
This exhibition looks at the three battles that occurred in Florida, the largest being at Olustee on February 20, 1864, the second being at Natural Bridge and the location nearest to Citrus County being in Cedar Key. The battle at Olustee resulted in Union losses of more than 1,800 killed, wounded or missing, while the Confederate losses were roughly half of that. At Olustee, percentage wise the number of Union forces engaged that became casualties was one of the highest of the whole war.
The exhibit interprets two local sites which were of the Civil War time period. First the Yulee Sugar Mill in Homosassa and Chinsegut Hill just north of Brooksville in Hernando County. The Sugar Mill was built by David Levy Yulee, one of the first U. S. Senators from Florida. For twenty-three years, slaves lived and worked at Chinsegut Hill, where they grew citrus and sugarcane. Several of those slaves remained there as free men and women after the Civil War.
Additional features that add to the depth and richness of this exhibition include a multi-media presentation and a group of scrapbooks that have been created depicting other significant keynote aspects of the Civil War.
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