Welaunee Plantation, Florida
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Welaunee Plantation was a large quail hunting plantation located in central Leon County, Florida, USA established by Udo M. Fleishmann.
History
Welaunee Plantation was created from land that once belonged to several cotton plantations and smaller farms. Known plantation lands that were purchased were R. A. Whitfield's The House Place Plantation, the southern tract of the James Kirksey Plantation, and Joseph John William's La Grange Plantation.Recent history
Welaunee Plantation falls within the Miccosukee Greenway project. This greenway preserves the plantation, a vast pie shaped area between Miccosukee and Centerville Roads, is still not developed. The greenway plan was carefully carried out through years of careful negotiation between the Trust for Public Land, Leon County and the Welaunee's owners preserves the Miccosukee and Centerville canopy roads. By providing a right of way transportation corridor for Welaunee Boulevard, the greenway anticipates the transportation problems associated with connecting thousands of Welaunee Plantation and other northeastern residents to Tallahassee's center. (C. Thaell)Note: Welaunee Plantation was a cotton plantation in central Jefferson County, Florida during the 1830s-1860s. It is not the same plantation.
References
- Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.
- Thaell, Cliff; An inerview in the Tallahassee Democrat, 3-22-1998.
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