Year

1972

Video Details

11:55; color; sound; V-189 BA262; S.1239

Description

WFSU-TV reporter Diane Hoffman interviews E.E. Callaway, author of "In the Beginning," who claims that Florida's Torreya State Park is the biblical Garden of Eden. Mr. Callaway recites passages from the Bible that describe the mystical garden and compares them to features along the Apalachicola River. He attests that two features of the landscape prove his claim. The first is that the Apalachicola River is the only river in the world with four heads. The second is the presence of the gopherwood tree, which Noah used to build the ark. According to Callaway, the Bible claims that both elements were unique to the legendary garden and they are unique to Torreya State Park. Produced by WFSU-TV.

Contributors

WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

Torreya State Park (Bristol, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Apalachicola River
Bristol

Personal Subject

Callaway, E.E. (Elvy Edison), 1889-1981
Hoffman, Diane

Subject

Authors
Biblical stories
Gopherwood tree
Promotional films