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Living History Day at Morningside Nature Center

Time: 9:00 am til 4:30 pm

Location: Morningside Nature Center, 3540 E. University Avenue Gainesville, FL 32641

Description: Step back in time, enjoy nature, and experience Florida as it was!

C’mon home to the Living History Farm at Morningside Nature Center and experience a time when the rooster’s crow and the rising sun, not an alarm clock, welcomed a new day! During Living History Days, interpreters portray day-to-day life on an 1870 Florida farm. Step back in time, enjoy nature, and experience Florida as it was!

This event is FREE!
The farm is open to the public from 9 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Saturday all year long.

See the link below for more information or call the Nature Center at 352-334-3326

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Lecture: Where Healing Waters Flow: Taking the Waters in Florida

Time: 4:00 pm til 6:00 pm

Location: Matheson History Museum, 513 E University Avenue Gainesville FL 32601 US

Description: Lecture put on by the Matheson History Museum: Over a century ago, visitors traveled to Alachua County and other parts of the Sunshine State to “take the waters” of the Florida springs, which were believed to have healing properties. Florida Book Award-winning author Rick Kilby will discuss his book, “Finding the Fountain of Youth: Ponce de León and Florida's Magical Waters” (University Press of Florida, 2013). A book signing will follow. Kilby is one of the founders of the Springs Eternal Project.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information please see the link below or call the Matheson History Museum at (352) 378-2280

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FPAN is posting this event as a courtesy, we will neither be hosting nor attending this event.