Woodfield Springs Plantation

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Woodfield Spring Plantation was a large quail hunting plantation in northern Leon County, Florida, United States.

Woodfield Springs was owned by Gilbert W. Humphrey, an executive with the M.A. Hanna Company of Cleveland, Ohio serving as president of the company in 1960 and chairman of the board in 1961. Humphrey's father also was an executive with Hanna and U.S. Secretary of the Tresaury. Mr. Humphrey's father in law was Robert Livingston Ireland, Jr., owner of Foshalee Plantation. [1]

Woodfield Springs was located between Centerville Road and Miccosukee Road and covered an area of 4,000 acres (16 km2).

Adjacent plantations:

Tragedy

On October 5, 1967, Astronaut Clifton C. Williams died instantly when his T-38 Talon crashed in a remote part of Woodfield Springs.

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References

  1. Paisley, Clifton, From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967, University of Florida Press, 1968. p. 92 ISBN   978-0-8130-0718-2

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