Old Dunnellon Hotel, c.1900. Photo courtesy Dunnellon Chamber of Commerce

Boom Town Days

This annual celebration turns the clock back to 1889, when phosphate was accidentally discovered by a Dunnellon resident drilling for water. The town was transformed overnight, and period costumes are worn at the festival to recreate the short-lived mining era. Arts and crafts are sold at 75 booths, and live music is performed.

Originally submitted by: Karen L. Thurman, Representative (5th District).

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