Tall Timbers Plantation (Florida)
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Tall Timbers Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in northern Leon County, Florida, United States established by Edward Beadle in 1895.
[edit] History
In 1826, John Phinzy of Georgia purchased Lot 4 of Section 22, Township 3 North, Range 1 East. In 1827, Samuel Bryan purchased Lot 1, Section 22 and Island 3 on Lake Iamonia within Section 22. In 1834, Dr. Griffin W. Holland, of Virginia purchased Lots 2 and 3 of Section 22, Township 3 North, Range 1 East naming the property Woodlawn. Dr. Holland lived at Woodlawn for about 10 years. Holland sold the land to Alexander Mosely in 1871. [1][2]
Also see: Woodlawn
Edward Beadle was an avid sportsman from New York City and had been coming to the Piney Woods Hotel, a massive wood structure in Thomasville, Georgia for some time. The hotel was built around 1885 and attracted New Yorkers to Thomasville during the winter months. (The Piney Woods burned in 1906).[3]
Beadle would often cross the Florida border to hunt on the property of Charlie Davis. Beadle was so impressed with Leon County that he purchased 2,200 acres (8.9 km²) of land along the north shore of Lake Iamonia for $8000. The property had been owned by the heirs of Eugene H. Smith and was called Hickory Hill. It consisted of land from the Woodlaswn and other land to the west. Beadle built a $3000 home where and old plantation house once stood and renamed the property Tall Timbers. The home had its own water tower, boat house from where duck hunts began, and other out buildings.
Tall Timbers was used not only for quail hunting, but also rabbit, dove, pheasant and duck[4].
In 1919, Edward Beadle died and the property passed to his nephew, Henry L. Beadle who had been hunting in Leon County since 1894. Henry Beadle enlarged the plantation to 2,800 acres (11 km²).[5] Field hunting was accomplished via horse drawn carriage. For duck hunting, Henry used a handmade tin boat of between 8 and 9 feet in length. Tall Timbers also had a number of canoes.[6]. By this time, the house had a huge stone fireplace and rustic furniture fit for a lodge. The exterior had a sweeping porch facing the lake.
Adjacent plantations: In 1947 Foshalee Plantation bordered Tall Timbers on the east. In 1967, Mistletoe Plantation bordered Tall Timbers on the extreme northwest.
In 1963, his cousin, Henry Beadel, established the Tall Timbers Research Station Foundation for land and wildlife management.[7] On April 7, 1989, 2,800 acres (11 km²) of the property was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
[edit] References
- ^ Paisley, Clifton; From Cotton To Quail, University of Florida Press, c1968.
- ^ Bauer, Robin Theresa, Master's Thesis, Department of History, Florida State University, 2005
- ^ University of Phoenix Archives
- ^ Florida Memory Collecction - Illustrations within photos
- ^ Paisley, Clifton, From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967, University of Florida Press, 1968. p. 78. ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-0718-2
- ^ Florida Memory Collection - Illustrations within photos of canoes
- ^ Tall Timbers Research at Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc.
