Every day thousands of cars zoom past on nearby Markham Woods Road. Its bubbling brook gurgles only a few hundred feet from Interstate 4 and State Road 434. Hiding off in the woods is a tiny boiling spring. Although unknown even to most lifelong residents, for decades, it has been called “Ginger Ale Spring” by insiders.
Dr. Edwin Eugene Beeman
Father of modern chewing gum. He made a fortune selling Beeman’s Pepsin Gum. He married Mary Cobb Beeman in 1862. They had two sons: Harry and Lester.