When Walt Disney's empire only was a little mouse, Dick Pope was birthing Florida's modern tourism industry on 16 acres of swamp in Winter Haven. Pope would be called an "aquatic Barnum.'' But he was ...
Editor's note: Florida's first official theme park opened 90 years ago in January. This story originally ran as a Post Times column on May 26, 2019. When Walt Disney's empire only was a little mouse, ...