TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — Tarpon Springs is known as the “Sponge Capital of the World,” where most of the world’s natural sponges come from. The industry began to grow in the 1890s when Greek ...
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The history of Tarpon Springs is rooted in immigrants who came to the area at the turn of the century from Greece. George Billiris belongs to one of those families who made ...