Loveridge Plantation is a quail hunting plantation located in northern Leon County,

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and established by George H. Love. Loveridge began as on the northwest corner of

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. In 1956, Love acquired an additional of Sunny Hill Plantation (northern section in map) from the estate of

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.Paisley, Clifton, ''From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967'', University of Florida Press, 1968. p. 92. George H. Love was a native of

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. He was

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of the M.A. Hanna Company and succeeded George M. Humphrey when he became

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in 1953. Love had been chairman of the board of Consolidation Coal Company, America's largest coal company. After reviving the coal industry, Love became

of the

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.{{cite web , last1=Keates , first1=Nancy , title=Fragile Hunting Grounds in the Southeast's 'Quail Belt' , url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fragile-hunting-grounds-in-the-southeasts-quail-belt-1486048576 , website=WSJ.com , publisher=Wall Street Journal , access-date=10 June 2023 Adjacent plantations: * Norias Plantation to the north *

Foshalee Plantation Foshalee Plantation was a large quail hunting plantation located in northern Leon County, Florida, Leon County, Florida, United States. History First called Incochee, it was purchased in 1824 by Hezekiah and Ann Graham Ponder. Hezekiah and Ann ar ...

to the west * Welaunee Plantation to the southwest * Ring Oak Plantation to the south

External links

Loveridge Plantation official site

References

Plantations in Leon County, Florida