Prior to Anglo settlement, they brought their sick and wounded to bathe in the water with the belief that it would cure their injuries and diseases.

Influenced by these tales and others in Europe, Spanish Conquistadors fell under the belief that there were crystalline fountains of youth hidden in the springs.

Juan Ponce de León helped spread these rumors when he and a Spanish Armada set out to find a mythical fountain of youth.

However, the business closed in 1961 as a result of the embargo on Cuba and the opening of rival breweries by Anheuser-Busch and the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Tampa.

[3][4] In 1999, attorney Dale Swope and contractor Joseph Kokolakis purchased the building to restore and convert it into a law firm and office space.