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The mounds location on private property outside the state owned park meant it was not protected as the mounds inside the park are and it was leveled for use as fill dirt in the winter of 1975–1976. Before it was dug away B. Calvin Jones , an archaeologist with the State of Florida Bureau of Historic Sites and Properties, conducted a salvage ...
Letchworth Mounds Archaeological State Park (8LE337) is a 188.2 acre [1] Florida State Park that preserves the state's tallest prehistoric, Native American ceremonial earthwork mound, which is 46 feet (14 m) high.
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Lake Jackson is a shallow, prairie lake on the north side of Leon County, Florida, United States, near Tallahassee, with two major depressions or sinkholes known as Porter Sink and Lime Sink. The lake is located in the Red Hills Region , and has fluctuated from periods of being dry to a maximum elevation of 96 feet (29 m) above sea level.
Cascades Park is a 24-acre (97,000 m 2) park along the stream known as the St. Augustine Branch in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, south of the Florida State Capitol. [2] [3] It is a Nationally Registered Historic Place because it influenced the territorial government's choice of the capital city's location.
Lake Talquin is a reservoir located on the Ochlockonee River between Leon County and Gadsden County in north Florida.The lake, located about 10 miles (15 km) west of Tallahassee, is south of Interstate 10 and bordered by State Road 20 on the east and State Road 267 on the west.
Tallahassee has an area of 98.2 square miles (254.3 km 2), of which 95.7 square miles (247.9 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), or 2.59%, is water. [24] Tallahassee's terrain is hilly by Florida standards, being at the southern end of the Red Hills Region, just above the Cody Scarp. The elevation varies from near sea level to just ...
1841-1842 - Fort Many located near Wakulla Springs. 1839 - Fort Number Five (M) located near Sopchoppy. 1839-1843 - Fort Stansbury was located on the Wakulla River 9 miles (14 km) from St. Marks. 1841-1843 - Fort Port Leon. Abandoned after a hurricane destroyed it. Site was later used for a CSA Army artillery battery.