| |  | IUCN Category V, Archaeological sites in Florida, Parks in Citrus County, Florida, State parks of Florida, Ruins in the United States, History of sugar, Historic Florida architecture 1989 AIA survey listings in Citrus County, Protected areas established in 1970, Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida, Industrial buildings completed in 1851, Sugar plantations, Sugar refineries, Agriculture in Florida, Florida state park stubs, Central Florida Re... | | Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park is a Florida State Park located in Homosassa, off U.S. 19. It contains the ruins of a sugar plantation owned by David Levy Yulee. Yulee was a delegate of the Florida Territorial Legislative Council. After Florida became a state, he was elected by the legislature in 1845 to the US Senate, becoming the first American of Jewish heritage to serve there. After Florida seceded from the Union, Yulee served in the Confederate Congress. He is credited with havin... |
| |  | | | Homosassa River is a 7.7-mile-long (12.4 km) river in Citrus County, Florida, in the western part of the state. Its headwaters are the Homosassa Springs, and from there it flows west into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is home to Common Bottlenose Dolphins, West Indian Manatees, Alligator Snapping Turtles, Nine-banded Armadillos, snakes, birds, Eastern Box Turtles, oysters, raccoons, American Alligators, Virginia Opossums, North American River Otters and many species of both freshwater and saltwa... |