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Podcast: Your Florida Daily
Episode: Random Florida Fact: The Father Of Florida Tourism
Description: Everyone knows the name Walt Disney. But do you know about Dick Pope Sr.? Dick Pope Sr. opened a park that would eventually transform Florida into a tourist destination. On this special episode of Your Florida Daily: the flamboyant salesman behind the state's first commercial theme park and how he later became known as the father of American water skiing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices