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Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark. It is crossed by both I-75 and U.S. 441 (which has a scenic outlook ramp). It is in the center of the Paynes Prairie Basin.
Paynes Prairie is in present-day Alachua County, Florida, between Gainesville and Micanopy. U.S. Route 441 and Interstate 75 cut through the prairie. On September 27, 1812, Payne and a group of Seminoles as well as black allies were attacked by a force led by Daniel Newnan during the Patriot War .
The hacienda headquarters has been identified with an archaeological site on the northern rim of Payne's Prairie, overlooking the Alachua Sink (a sinkhole that drains Paynes Prairie). [ d ] The earliest possible date for the founding of the La Chua ranch is in the late 1640s, but the first mention of its existence was in 1675, and the name did ...
Paynes Prairie’s Historic Past. For more than 12,000 years, the Paynes Prairie area was home to native people. According to the nonprofit The Trail of Florida’s Indian Heritage, "A rich ...
The Oconee's migration reached the country around the Alachua Savanna, or Paynes Prairie, where they stopped. [12] [17] The area around Paynes Prairie is part of the Middle Florida Hammock Belt, a series of mixed hardwood and pine hammocks with the best soils in central Florida. [18]
It passes through the Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park and the Lochloosa Wildlife Management Area along a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad line. The property was purchased by the state of Florida from CSX Transportation with money from the "trails from rails" program in late 1989. [1] The trail opened for use in January 1992. [2]
Tarver was a plantation, a fort, a townsite and a railroad station in Alachua County, Florida, United States. Tarver Plantation, named for its owner, was established on the north edge of Paynes's Prairie, about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) east of the Alachua Sink, in the 1830s.
Prairie Creek, the principal outlet of Newnans Lake, originally drained into Paynes Prairie. The Camp family, which owned Paynes Prairie and operated a cattle ranch on it, wanted to drain the prairie to improve it as pasture. After very heavy rain flooded the Prairie in 1927, the Camps commenced projects to lower the water table on the Prairie ...