Whitaker Cemetery

Historical marker location:

1232 12th Street, Sarasota, Florida

( Marker is on 12th Street, 0.1 miles east of North Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2004

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.