Wachee

The Indians silently took the proffered hand of the trader and shook it, replying in a low voice, "Wachee," as the nearest point they could attain to the pronunciation of "What cheer?"

Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land 1859

Norman Pallot, an 88-year-old retired attorney and registered Republican in Weeki Wachee, Fla., wrote a letter to his local paper excoriating GE for moving its X-ray business to China.

Tea-Party Attacks Put GE on Defense Kate Linebaugh 2011

My snow globe from the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaid show is a prized possession.

Sophia Dembling: Tourists Traps: You Win Some, You Lose Some Sophia Dembling 2010

My snow globe from the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaid show is a prized possession.

Sophia Dembling: Tourists Traps: You Win Some, You Lose Some Sophia Dembling 2010

On the way to Florida, we stopped at Weeki Wachee Springs, home of the live mermaid show.

With Love and Laughter, John Ritter Amy Yasbeck 2010

The set-up is briefly as follows: in 1951, two teenage girls score jobs working as mermaids at Weeki Wachee springs in (what was then) rural Florida.

I participate in the mayhem 2007

I'd give you more background for the story as a whole, but the "Weeki Wachee" chapter is capable of standing alone, more or less, so I'm going to go ahead and let it.

I participate in the mayhem 2007

All I'll bother to add is this: Weeki Wachee is a real roadside theme park, and it really was established back in the 1940s by a retired navy SEAL trainer.

I participate in the mayhem 2007

Anna-Kate was a Kappa at the University of Florida and worked summers at Weeki Wachee Springs.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008

“There was a show at Weeki Wachee where the mermaid wore a space suit,” I said.

Dream State Diane Roberts 2008