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Tallahassee

Tallahassee. “Tallahassee” is an Apalachee Indian word which means “old town.” . Before Florida became a state….

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Tallahassee

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  1. Tallahassee

  2. “Tallahassee” is an Apalachee Indian word which means “old town.”

  3. Before Florida became a state… Andrew Jackson convinced President Monroe that Florida would be an asset to the United States. He was the United States Commissioner and Governor of East and West Florida:March 10, 1821 to November 12, 1821. He became the 7th president of the United States in 1829.

  4. The Union Bank of Tallahassee was established around 1830. It is the state's oldest surviving bank building.

  5. Florida became a state on March 3, 1845. The Capitol opened the same year.

  6. Front of the Old Capitol 1891

  7. The Old Capitol 1902

  8. The Capitol - Today

  9. First Mayor of Tallahassee Francis W. Eppes was the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. After moving from Virginia with his family to near Tallahassee, Florida in 1829, he established a cotton plantation. In 1856 Eppes donated land and money for the first university here – now known as Florida State University.

  10. Tallahassee Police Department was started in 1841. It is the 3rd oldest police Department in the United States. Photo: 1937

  11. In 1850, Tallahassee had at least 56 plantations including: Bannerman Plantation Meridian Road Improved Land: 700 acres Unimproved Land: 800 acres Number of slaves: 67 Bushels of corn: 4,000 Bales of cotton: 120

  12. Barrow Hill Plantation – Leon High School • Francis Eppes • Plantation -Owned by John Winthrop Improved Land: 2,590 acres Unimproved Land: 1,400 acres Number of slaves: 71 Bushels of corn: 2,200 Bales of cotton: 204 Improved Land: 950 acres Unimproved Land: 970 acres Number of slaves: 70 • William Bailey Plantation – Killearn Estates/Ox Bottom • La Grange • Plantation • Improved Land: 825 acres • Unimproved Land: 564 acres • Number of slaves: 80 • Bushels of corn: 4,000 • Bales of cotton: 352 Improved Land: 3,150 acres Unimproved Land: 1,000 acres Number of slaves: 232

  13. The Knott House Museum served as the headquarters for the Union Army during the Civil War. Civil War It was also from the steps of the Knott House on Park Avenue that the Emancipation Proclamation was read by Brig. Gen. Edward McCook on May 20, 1865, declaring freedom for all slaves in the Florida Panhandle.

  14. Spanish American War - 1898 Group portrait of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and other high ranking officials of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment: Tampa, Florida (1898)

  15. St. John Episcopal Church 1903

  16. St. John Episcopal Church Today

  17. Downtown Tallahassee1930’s

  18. Downtown Tallahassee NOW

  19. Winthrop children on horseback with the Merritts 1890

  20. Tallahassee Railroad Company's mule drawn car proceeding south between Pensacola and Jefferson (1894)

  21. Downtown Tallahassee NOW

  22. Geronimo and fellow Apache Indian prisoners on their way to Florida by train (1886)

  23. Ruth law flies into daytona Ruth Law bought her first aircraft from Orville Wright in 1912. In 1917, she became the first woman pilot to fly for the US Army.

  24. One-Room Schoolhouse Eastpoint, Florida - 1916

  25. Typical pioneer home in Eastpoint, Florida 1800’s

  26. First Leon County Jail 1885

  27. Jackson Bluff Road -1885

  28. Jackson Bluff Road - NOW

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