John Cocoris recruited divers from Greece to come over and work on the boats harvesting the sponges. The first sponge divers arrived from Greece in the late 1800’s but the sponge diving was not established until 1905 by John Cocoris. The area is known for it’s sponge diving.
The region is a series of bayous that feeds into the Gulf of Mexico. It is a very quaint and charming community, just under 24,000 people. Tarpon Springs has a total area of just under 17 miles.
Tarpon Springs is reminiscent of a Greek fishing village and has the largest population of Greek Americans in the country.
Gordon and I decided to spend a weekend in Tarpon Springs, Florida. I could have reached out and touched this beautiful creature! I took this photo of a dolphin swimming beside our boat on our way to Anclote Key in Tarpon Springs.
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