Gemini Springs Chapter History

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           Gemini Springs Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution was organized December 5, 1998, with Miss Carol Markert as the Organizing Regent. The Chapter was organized with 16 ladies on that sunny Saturday morning.   The organizing luncheon was held at the Glen Abby Country Club in Debary, Florida.  Many state officers, local chapters, and family members joined the following 16 ladies as they were made the 108th chapter in Florida.

                                                              Jeannette S. Adams

                                               Dorothy L. Andersen

                                               Barbara C. Bean

                                                Anita F. Braddock

                                               Marilyn G. Bulloch

                                               Elaine S. Fritz

                                               Margaret J. Glennie

                                               Rosemarie B. Goossens

                                                            Lu P. Knight

                                               Michelle D. Latus

                                               Eleanore K. Logan

                                                        Holly Lopenski

                                               Grace R. Marcucci

                                               Louisa Marcucci

                                                        Carol M. Markert

                                               Jean L. Marmo

               Gemini Springs Chapter is named for the 210-acre park that was purchased in 1994 by Volusia County.   Approximately 6.5 million gallons of sparkling fresh water bubble up from the two springs each day. 

              Gemini Springs Park is located between the town of Enterprise, which was a busy center of commerce and government in the early days of the Florida frontier, and the city of Debary.  The land passed through several hands before it was purchased by its last owners , Saundra and Charles Gray, in 1969.

              Farming operations at Gemini Springs Park in the 1800s included timber, citrus, and tapping longleaf pine trees for turpentine.  John H. Padgett, who bought the land around the turn of the century, is believed to have built the two story farmhouse and barn that is still present today.   The Padgett family raised cattle and grew sugar cane, operating a cane press and selling sugar juice to passengers on the trains as they passed by on the railroad to Enterprise.

             The Gray family gave Gemini Springs Park its name and continued the tradition of raising cattle on the property.   Under their ownership, the earthen dam and reservoir, the stone barbeque building, and the Spring House were built.

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