Florida Travel: Visit Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Paynes Prairie is biologically, geologically and historically unique. This park became Florida´s first state preserve in 1971 and is now designated as a National Natural Landmark. Noted artist and naturalist William Bartram called it the great Alachua Savannah when he wrote about his visit to the prairie in 1774.
Paynes Prairie Preserve – Gainesville Florida – Exploratory day trip May 07, 2015
A nice park with some interesting features. Thanks goes to the ranger at the main entrance (am) who suggested I check out the La Chua trail area. I probably would not have visited that area if he hadn't suggested it. I'm going to research and see if there is a best season to see the bison and horses. Would be cool to see them in the wild...
Here’s a link to Google Maps for the location of Paynes Prairie Preserve
Trails at Paynes Prairie Preserrve:
Wacahoota Trail (observation Tower) 0.3 mile
Cones Dike Trail - 8.0 miles round trip)
Jackson’s Gap Trail - 1.2 miles
Chacala Trail - 6.5 mile loop
Lake Trail - 0.85 miles one way
Bolen Bluff Trail - 2.5 miles round trip
La Chua Trail - 3.0 miles round trip
Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail - 16 mile paved bike trail
Wild Horse Eating - La Chua Trail, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Gainesville, FL
PAYNES PRAIRIE-Gainesville, Florida
I decided to make a little lookbook for when I WHEN to Paynes Prairie in Gainesville, Florida. You should totally visit it sometime!
Paynes Prairie
Footage from Paynes Prairie State Preserve observation tower and La Chua Trail
Paynes Prairie (2010) Part 1 of 5
A Video of Paynes Prairie. 2010 Edition. Part 1 of 5
Paynes Prairie Wild Spanish Horses with colts
In the year 1521, Juan Ponce De Leon brought a small herd of Andalusion cattle and horses with him on his second expedition to the New World. These were the first cattle and horses to ever set foot on what is now the continental United States.
These horses were the product of selective breeding, and many were of Andalusian lineage. The horses played a tremendous role in Florida History.During the War Between the States, The Spanish horses were highly prized for transportation. These sturdy horses could travel in Florida's rough conditions where other horses failed. The Florida Cracker Horse is also known as the Chickasaw Pony, Seminole Pony, Prairie Pony, Florida Horse, Florida Cow Pony. The modern breed retains the size of its Spanish ancestors, standing 13.2 to 15 hands high and weighing 750 to 1,000 pounds . They are found mainly in bay, black and gray, although grullo, dun and chestnut.
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Micanopy, Florida, USA
Micanopy, Florida
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Florida Prairie: A View from Camp FOAHA's Observation Tower
Camp FOAHA located in Florida Prairie has a two-story tall observation tower, great for sightseeing. You can see the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, because the camp is adjacent to the preserve. At nighttime, you can see tons of stars! Perfect for astronomers to come and stargaze. You can see a beautiful lush landscape for about 5 miles in every direction.
The Acquisition of Florida
Three students take the adventure of a lifetime to see how Florida became a state.
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WILD HORSES, BISON, and MORE at Theodore Roosevelt National Park!
We visited the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota! We were amazed to find it so similar to the Badlands of South Dakota, yet so different with the greenery. I also was amazed to learn so much of the life of President Theodore Roosevelt. We were able to take our RV on the loop drive at the South Unit, so our dogs, Sapphire and Seanna came along also. We took a drive through the Cottonwood Campground too. We encountered Bison, wild horses, and Prairie Dogs along the way. At the Visitor Center, we discovered that this is another National Park where your dog can become a Bark Ranger!
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Micanopy Florida
In 1539 Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando De Soto noted a Timucuan Indian village at the site of present-day Micanopy. Over two hundred years later, the American naturalist William Bartram recorded his impressions of a proto-Seminole village named Cuscowilla in this same locale.
By the time Spain ceded its Florida provinces to the U.S. in 1821, the newly constructed hamlet of Micanopy became the first distinct United States town in the Florida Territory. One of the founders was Moses Elias Levy, a wealthy businessman and philanthropist who was involved in West Indies shipping and other interests. He came to the United States in 1820.[4]
Named after a Seminole chief, the village of Micanopy was built under the auspices of the Florida Association of New York (the earliest Florida development corporation, headquartered in Manhattan).[5] Chief Micanopy lived about 60 miles (97 km) south in present-day Sumter County. In 1821 when the territorial village was developed, a faction of Miccosukee Indians lived in the immediate area. The historian C. S. Monaco has suggested that the town was named after Micanopy to appease the chief and acknowledge his original authority over the land.[6]
Both Fort Defiance (1835–1836) and Fort Micanopy (1837–1843) were located here during the Second Seminole War. Some of the bloodiest battles of that war took place along the road southwest from Fort Micanopy to Fort Wacahoota, just inside modern Alachua County. A recent archaeological study has verified both forts as well as the location of two battlefields within the town limits: the Battle of Micanopy and the Battle of Welika Pond (1836).
Micanopy's historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, where she wrote The Yearling and Cross Creek, is in nearby Cross Creek. The house is now a museum.
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Micanopy is located at 29°30′23″N 82°16′55″W.[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2). 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (4.63%) is water.
Old Bellamy Road Alachua County Florida
The Bellamy Road was the first major U.S. federal highway in early territorial Florida.
In 1824, only five years after Florida became a United States territory (and the same year that Alachua County itself was created), Congress authorized the construction of its first federal highway. It would be a 25-foot (7.6 m) wide road, connecting Pensacola to St. Augustine. The Florida Territorial Council commissioned John Bellamy, a Monticello plantation owner, to build Bellamy Road. The project took two years to complete, at a cost of $20,000. The route would become known as the Bellamy Avenue. It was a major highway until the Civil War, when other roads became preferred routes. A few of the places it passed were the town of Traxler, the Santa Fe Taloca Spanish Mission, and what would become Newnansville.
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Burch had the contract for the entire job and put Bellamy in charge of the $13,500 section from Picolata on the St. Johns River to the Ochlockonee River. To survey the route, Burch with a detachment marched from Pensacola beginning Oct. 22, 1823 and reached St. Augustine Nov. 25, 1823, a distance of 445 miles (716 km). Bellamy used his own equipment and slaves, and completed his portion of the road in May 1826. Construction was delayed by heavy rains and Indian attacks.
Tree stumps were cut within one foot of the ground to allow wagon axles to clear them. Sometimes one lone stump would be a bit higher and would strike the floorboard of a wagon, sometimes jarring it completely apart, resulting in the road receiving the ominous nickname Stump-Knocker. The roadbed was typically not built up over wet areas. Instead, logs were placed in the path that resulted in a frequently bumpy ride.
The original road crossed Alachua County along the route of the Old Mission Trail, a trail widely used by Indians and Franciscan missionaries, running from near Santa Fe Lake through a swampy, forested hammock between present-day O'Leno State Park and River Rise Preserve State Park. It is here where the Santa Fe River disappears underground and travels three miles (5 km) before re-appearing. This area became a perfect natural crossing for the road. It was the first Federal highway in Florida, and opened the interior of north Florida to settlers.
The Congressional act read:
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be opened, in the territory of Florida, a public road from Pensacola to St. Augustine, commencing at Deer Point, on the bay of Pensacola, and pursuing the Old Indian Trail to the Cow Ford, on the Choctawhatchy river; thence, direct to the natural bridge on the Ecanfinan river; thence, to the Ochesee Bluff, on the Appalachicola river; thence, in the most direct practicable route, to the site of Fort St. Lewis; thence, as nearly as practicable, on the old Spanish road to St. Augustine, crossing the St. John's river at Picolata; which road shall be plainly and distinctly marked, and shall be the width of twenty-five feet.[1]
Remnants of the old sand road are used today and part of the Bellamy Road forms the county line between the northwest part of Putnam County and the southwest part of Clay County.
The Oldest Wooden School House, St. Augustine, Florida
In this video Dr. Salvatore Vinciguerra travels to St. Augustine, Florida to visit the Oldest Wooden School House in the United States of America. Dr. Vinciguerra shares with you the history of the school house and how it is the first documented co-educational school for children in the United States of America.
Dr. Vinciguerra then shares with you some of the artifacts of inside of the museum that date back to the 1500's, the two out buildings, and the garden behind the school house.
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Florida State Parks Oscar Scherer Video Tour by JT
Oscar Scherer State Park is a great Florida State Park!
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Florida Indian Sites | Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site
Take a tour of the Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site in Palmetto, Florida just 30 minutes south of Tampa Bay on Terra Ceia Island. The site is over 1000 years old and once home to a complex Native American civilization which was part of the Weeden Island culture. This culture was widespread across Florida and Georgia.
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida
In this video Salvatore Vinciguerra travels to St. Augustine, Florida to visit the Castillo de San Marcos. Salvatore shares with you the history of the oldest masonry fort and the best-preserved example of a Spanish colonial fortification in the continental United States.
Then, Salvatore shares with you a historic weapons demonstrations that occurs every day with the firing of cannons. He also briefly shows you the first level of the fort which houses a museum with historical artifacts. Salvatore gives you a tour of the Chapel, British Room, Guard Room, Plaza de Armas, Storage Rooms, as well as views from the Bastions that overlook the moat and covered way of the fort.
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