Transcript Downtown Tallahassee 1930’s

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.
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.
In 1850, Tallahassee had at least 56
plantations including:
Improved Land:
700 acres
Unimproved Land:
800 acres
Number of slaves: 67
Bushels of corn: 4,000
Bales of cotton: 120
-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
Improved Land: 3,150 acres
Unimproved Land: 1,000 acres
Number of slaves: 232
•Improved Land: 825 acres
•Unimproved Land: 564 acres
• Number of slaves: 80
•Bushels of corn: 4,000
•Bales of cotton: 352
The Knott House
Museum served as
the headquarters
for the Union Army
during the 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.
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)
Downtown
Tallahassee
1930’s
Tallahassee Railroad Company's mule
drawn car proceeding south between
Pensacola and Jefferson (1894)