STOP 8: FLORIDA: LEON COUNTY: COTTON KINGDOM, JUAN PONCE DE LEON AND BRAD DAVIS

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

STOP 8: FLORIDA: LEON COUNTY: COTTON KINGDOM, JUAN PONCE DE LEON AND BRAD DAVIS

And here we are at
STOP 8 on our United States 3,007 counties postcard journey:

STATE: Florida
COUNTY: Leon
COUNTY SEAT: Tallahassee
ESTABLISHED: 1824
Formed out of Escambia and later Gadsden Counties.

*** This county was named for the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon.

*** Tallahassee is the county seat and state capital.

*** Two of Florida's major universities are here: Florida A & M University and Florida State University.

*** Residents have the highest average level of education among Florida's 67 counties.

*** In the 1850s - 1860s this area was a cotton kingdom.

*** Lots of interesting Geology factoids here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_County,_Florida

*** In 1989 a White Christmas occured.

*** Brad Davis from the movie Midnight Express was born here.

"zip1out" has this nice postcard of the Leon County Court House for sale on Ebay. Check it out:
 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Leon-County-Court-House-Tallahassee-FL-Postcard-/270378835630?pt=Postcards_US&hash=item3ef3d59eae