THE ST. AUGUSTINE ALLIGATOR FARM ZOOLOGICAL PARK

A STORY MORE THAN 125 YEARS IN THE MAKING

All images copyright The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park.

  • The South Beach Alligator Farm and Burning Springs Museum in the 1890s.
  • A 1911 magazine advertisement proclaiming the South Beach Alligator Farm as the largest in the world.
  • The original entrance to the Alligator Farm, which overlooked Old Quarry Road, burned down in 1936.
  • F. Charles Usina
  • W.I. Drysdale
  • The “Mission” style main building of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm, pictured here as it looked around 1947.
  • Drysdale and Charlie Usina moving a reluctant alligator.
  • Radio interview in the alligator lagoon.
  • This 1977 photograph shows famed naturalist Ross Allen giving a lecture on alligators to visitors in the new roofed theater.
  • David Drysdale with Gomek, the legendary giant saltwater crocodile that called the Alligator Farm home from 1989 until his death in 1997.
  • Guests exploring the Native Bird Rookery.
  • Continuing our missions of education and conservation, the Anastasia Conservation Center opened in 2001.
  • Crocodile Crossing is the Alligator Farm’s zip line, which opened in 2011.