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Episode 100: Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids

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English - May 24, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MB
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For our 100th episode of "Welcome to Florida" we finally discuss perhaps the most Florida thing of all, the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids. Now a state park, Weeki Wachee Springs has a colorful history we learn all about from one of the very first class of mermaids at the park, Mary Fletcher, and mermaid historian and author, Lu Vickers.

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