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Listen: The Folk ProgramVisitors enjoying the Devil's Millhopper sinkhole - Gainesville, Florida.
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Photographer
Date
Rights
Collection
Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF7
Subject Term
Natural areas--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville
Natural monuments
Geology
Landforms--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville
Karst
Sinkholes
Recreation areas--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville
Parks--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville
Geoparks
Pedestrian areas--Florida--Alachua County--Gainesville
Boardwalks
Parks--Public use
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
The Devil's Millhopper is a 117 foot deep, 500 foot wide sinkhole. A significant geological formation, it is a National Natural Landmark that has been visited by the curious since the early 1880s. Researchers have learned a great deal about Florida's natural history by studying fossil shark teeth, marine shells, and the fossilized remains of extinct land animals found in the sink. Its name was derived from its appearance to the hopper of a mill, along with the bones found at the bottom, suggesting animals entered it on the way to meeting the devil.
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