Around the year 1909 she began advertising the attraction, charging admission, and selling post cards and water from a well dug in 1875 for Williams by Philip Gomez and Philip Capo. McConnell later claimed to have "discovered" on the grounds a large cross made of coquina rock, asserting it was placed there by Ponce de León himself. She continued to fabricate stories to amuse and appall the city's residents and tourists until her death in a car accident in 1927.
Around the year 1909 she began advertising the attraction charging admission and selling post cards and water from a well dug in 1875 for Williams by Philip Gomez and Philip Capo McConnell later claimed to have "discovered" on the grounds a large cross made of coquina rock asserting it was placed there by Ponce de León himself She continued to fabricate stories to amuse and appall the city's residents and tourists until her death in a car accident in 1927