The Spring That Made a Town – How a sulfur spring on the Santa Fe River drew thousands to Worthington Springs — and what the quiet town remembers now that the spring is gone

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Worthington Springs sits quietly on the Union-Alachua County line, about 20 miles north of Gainesville on State Road 121, with a population just shy of 400. Visitors who pull off the highway to picnic or walk the trails find serene, natural beauty: tidy flower beds, neat white churches and shaded riverbanks.…