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DeFuniak Springs is a city in Walton County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,089 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Walton County.
The town was founded by the officers of the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad, a subsidiary of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The P&A was organized to connect the terminus of the L&N at Pensacola to the western terminus of a predecessor of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad at River Junction—now Chattahoochee—in the 1880s. It was named after Frederick R. De Funiak, a vice-president of the L&N. Like much of Northwest Florida, DeFuniak Springs was settled mainly by Scots from Virginia and the Carolinas.
DeFuniak Springs was established as a final-destination resort, and the developers enlisted the cooperation and aid of the Chautauqua Movement. The Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood, an auditorium seating 4,000, was constructed on Lake DeFuniak in the center of town. Seminars, classes, and the like were held in the Hall of Brotherhood building for people on vacation. The auditorium of the building was severely damaged by Hurricane Eloise in 1975 and razed. However, a charitable foundation, The Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood Foundation, Inc., has undertaken a capital campaign for the historic restoration of the building. The westerly portion of the building facing Circle Drive is still in use.
Walton County is the name of two counties in the United States:
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A "Postcards from the Road" TV show , produced in 1992, about DeFuniak Springs FL, a small town in the panhandle. Features a couple of local iconic spots, Allison's Grocery and H & M Hotdog stand.
Sam Story, Chief of the Euchee, invited Daniel D. Campbell and Nell McLennan to accompany him on a trip to Pensacola in spring 1818. These were the first of many Scottish-descended settlers who traveled to Florida from North and South Carolina. They settled beside Bruce Creek, naming the settlement Eucheeanna. In 1828, Eucheanna was named its seat of government for Walton County. In 1890, the title passed to DeFuniak Springs, the current seat of government. Walton County contains Florida's highest point, a site close to Lakewood that rises 345 feet above sea level. DeFuniak Spring houses the oldest library in Florida still located in its first building, as well as the oldest Presbyterian Church in Florida, founded May 27, 1827. The first war monument honoring fallen Confederate soldiers...
Narrated video of the history of DeFuniak Springs, Florida. Produced in the 1990s by Fred Wilharm and is a Mainstreet Production. Uploaded by Christopher Mitchell of the Florida Chautauqua Association.
A display of over 5 million Christmas lights around a lake that draws hundreds of viewers. The traffic is bumper to bumper and continuous approximatel a mile around. Its called "Christmas Reflections."
Narrated video tour of DeFuniak Springs, Florida produced by the Turn Around Society and commissioned by F. Diane Pickett in the 1990s. Uploaded by Christopher Mitchell of the Florida Chautauqua Association.
Find treats and treasure from yesteryear at The Little Big Store in DeFuniaK Springs. Located in Walton County between Pensacola and Tallahassee, DeFuniak Springs emerged in the 1880s as a railroad stop.
The coolest thing I've done yet & this is only the beginning.
DeFuniak Springs Florida 1st Annual LakeFest Event.
Take a virtual tour of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell Museum in Philadelphia, PA with videographer Christopher Mitchell and colleague Freida Thibodeau of DeFuniak Springs, FL.
Montage of clips from our trip to Devil's Den Springs. We came to scout the area for a future scuba adventure. We snorkeled and swam around for a bit. Can't wait to go back to dive here, must buy some dive lights first tho! This is an underground spring inside a dry cave in central Florida. The cave expands below water level (a shape described as an "inverted mushroom") to up to 200 feet (61 m) across. The remains of many extinct animals from the Pleistocene Age (2 million - 10,000 years ago) were discovered at Devil's Den, including the bones of early man, dating back to 75,000 B.C. The year-round spring temperature of 72 degrees in the Den allows diving during winter or summer. On cold winter mornings you can see steam rising from the hole in the top of the dome. The early settlers call...
A recent August 2011 trip to Morrison Springs located near the town of Ponce De Leon Florida.
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View of Downtown DeFuniak Springs from Baldwin Ave.
July 21st political forum featuring County Commissioner races in DeFuniak Springs
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