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In the 1950's, several attempts were made to operate Dunlawton Plantation as a tourist attraction. Dr. Perry Sperber leased the premises from J. Saxon Lloyd for a park featuring prehistoric monsters, and a number of replicas molded in concrete on wire frames were constructed. Called Bongoland in honor of a large baboon housed on the grounds, the park also included a reproduced Indian village, and a small train carried visitors around. Theme parks had not yet come into their own, however, and Bongoland closed for lack of public interest. Identification of the animals that roamed the world millions of years ago was furnished by the Volusia Anthropological Society.
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