Historical Marker
Camp Gordon Johnston
Historical marker location:
2316 Oak Street, Lanark Village, Florida
( Marker is at the intersection of Oak Street and Kansas Street, on the left when traveling west on Oak Street.)
Marker installed: 1996
1942-1946.
The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.