Tarpon Springs, Florida, located on the Gulf of Mexico ... off its coast during the early 1900s. In 1905, Greek sponge divers were brought to the area, and the rest is history.

Tarpon Springs, Florida, has all the small-town amenities ... The boat docks welcome many different sponge boats and sponge divers daily. We saw a boat docking and unloading its harvest of ...

Experienced divers suit up in a traditional gear used to harvest live sponges from the floor of the river, diving in and searching for a sponge to bring back on board. The live demonstration of a ...

When considering a Florida vacation ... More than 500 Greek divers with 50 boats worked in the industry by 1905. While in town, visit the original sponge docks along the Anclote River and grab ...

In Tarpon Springs, the history, hard work, and heart that family businesses and sponge divers pour into the Greek ... a partnership between the Florida Department of Commerce and the Florida ...

The Antikythera shipwreck, which dates to the 1st century BC, was originally discovered in the Aegean Sea by sponge divers in 1900. In the decades since, researchers have tried to the identify ...