Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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A swift trot down the street brings us to the refined atmos- phere of Tallahassee ' s an- tiquity shown in the form of the First Presbyterian Church, the oldest church of its denom- ination in Florida. Built in 1834, the church has a slave- balcony where the slaves of early settlers sat during church services.

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' ■ ' 3 f • ' ■ ' .St.™ ' . ' ■•- ' -» r»- V, £ We slow the horses down to enjoy the beauty of a typical Talla- hassee street lined with cool green oaks, whose grey beards of moss reveal their aged dignity. At the end of the hill we reach another Tallahassee landmark, the Episcopal Cemetery. Early history of the community can be untwined by a detailed reading of the tombstones. Two marble monuments always incur a great interest. These mark the graves of the Prince and Princess of Tallahassee, Achille Murat, nephew of Napoleon, and his wife, Katie, grand niece of George Wash- ington. Those early settlers who fled from France provided an air of romanticism and glamour in the small community of the ante-bellum period.