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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	N2009- 10
	Creator:	Keyes Company Realtors.
	Title, Dates:	Rainbow Springs tourist attraction sale presentation package, 1954.
	Amount:	0.1 cubic ft.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Rainbow Springs State Park in Dunnellon, Florida, has its origins as a 1930s tourist attraction that eventually featured a lodge and cottages, gift shop, and "submarine boats" allowing passengers an underwater view of the springs through portholes in the sides. Rainbow Springs was never as successful as its competitors Silver Springs, Weeki Wachee, and Homosassa Springs, but in 1967, new owner Walter Beinke aimed to make it into a major attraction. Soon after, Rainbow Springs boasted a new aviary, animal shows, paddlewheel riverboat, monorail, and other new features. With the development of Disney World and other Orlando area attractions, Rainbow Springs attracted fewer customers and finally closed in 1973. Local citizens fought efforts to develop the area until the State of Florida bought the park in 1990. By 1992, with the assistance of local citizen volunteers, Rainbow Springs State Park reopened on weekends and, in 1995, fully reopened daily.
	Summary:	This collection consists of a presentation package describing the operations and physical and financial condition of Rainbow Springs as of March 1954. The package includes historical background information, a description of the facilities, past and projected income from the facilities, promotional brochures, and photographs. Kenneth S. Keyes, Chairman of The Keyes Company Realtors, compiled the information and addressed it to S.V. McKinney, a Cedar Key banker, as part of an effort to find a buyer for the business.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Parks Florida Springs Florida. Tourism Florida. Tourist trade Florida Photographs. aat Rainbow Springs (Fla.) Rainbow Springs State Park (Fla.)
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