Post by Dave on Apr 23, 2014 8:14:44 GMT -5
1931: The Warner Bros. crime film The Public Enemy, starring James Cagney
and Jean Harlow, is released. The movie relates the story of a young man’s rise in the criminal
underworld in prohibition-era urban America.
(A scene from this film is featured in the Disney's attraction The Great Movie Ride.)
1986: In Florida, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Beach Resort. It opened in June 1988.
1993: At a dedication service, Walker Ranch officially became Disney Wilderness Preserve. Disney and the South Florida Water Management District had come to an agreement in 1992, allowing Disney to develop on an area in Central Florida (closer to their theme parks) if Disney would purchase and preserve Walker Ranch, 8,500 acres of wetlands located about 15 miles south of Disney World. The preserve is home to two endangered species, the bald eagle and the wood stork, as well as several other threatened species. Disney used the Central Florida area to build Celebration, a city themed after a typical small American town of the 1940s and '50s. Today the Disney Wilderness Preserve is owned and operated by The Nature Conservancy.
Cited as one of Central Florida’s best hikes by the Orlando Sentinel, The Nature Conservancy’s Disney Wilderness Preserve features a 2.5-mile trail that leads to Lake Russell, one of Central Florida’s last remaining undeveloped lakes. The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
Personal comment: The Wilderness Preserve is wonderful. If you haven't been there, I highly recommend going. Probably in the winter. It gets rather warmish and buggy in the summer.
