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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cypress Gardens

Cypress Gardens

MacDonald, Sarah E.
Flekke, Mary M.
MacDonald, Randall M.

Paperback

Series: Images of America

Travel GeneralGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 073854339X
ISBN13: 9780738543390
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Nov 21 2006
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
Florida's first theme park, Cypress Gardens, was the brainchild of Richard Downing Dick Pope Sr. With his wife, Julie Downing Pope, he transformed a marshy, lakeside property in Winter Haven into a magnificent garden. The park's first visitors in 1936 toured pathways surrounded by lush plants from around the world. Two years later, electric boats meandered through the park's winding, hand-dug canals. Water ski shows commenced in 1942, and the park became the Water Ski Capital of the World. The Florida-shaped Esther Williams Swimming Pool still graces the shore of Lake Eloise. The park was a set for dozens of short feature films, a stage for beauty pageants, and a site for special television broadcasts. A butterfly garden, zoo, rides, and the small-town Southern Crossroads shopping and dining area remain popular features. Kent Buescher purchased Cypress Gardens in 2004, and today's expanded Cypress Gardens Adventure Park preserves the family-friendly appeal of Dick and Julie Pope's magnificent park.

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