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To read the story in its entirety, subscribe to Florida Heritage . Florida s landscape is speckled by more than 300 limestone springs where chilled water gushes out at the rate of millions of gallons per day. The historic Wakulla Springs south of Tallahassee is one of the state s oldest commercially developed natural attractions. But, long before this development occurred in the 1930s, people were taking advantage of the inherent qualities of the spring. In fact, Florida s first people lived on or near spring sites 12,000 years ago, and evidence of these prehistoric occupations is very strong at Wakulla Springs.