Clifton Springs was named in honor of the hometown of Dr. Henry Foster, a wealthy grower from Lake Charm in Oviedo. Originally called White's Wharf, the site marks the approximate location where John Bartram and William Bartram camped during their excursion along the St. Johns River in 1765-1766. William G. White migrated to the area in the late 1870s and built a store here in 1879. White moved his store to Orlando in the 1880s. Many Oviedo residents used the site as the location for their annual May picnics, which began in 1880. The picnics were hosted by a joint committee of the local Baptist and Methodist churches. The wharf is now known as Hiley's Fish Camp.]]> The Seminole Outlook: Private Collection of Bettye Reagan.]]> The Seminole Outlook]]> Church Picnic by Bettye Reagan." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6931.]]> The Seminole Outlook.]]> Oviedo Historical Society Collection, Oviedo Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]> Sunday School Picnic at White's Wharf." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/5639.]]> The Seminole Outlook.]]> The Seminole Outlook and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.]]>