Luna Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in northeastern Leon County,

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established by Lloyd C. Griscom. Lloyd C. Griscom was the son of Clement A. Griscom from

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. Clement was a shipping magnate, President of the

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. Almost four years after the death of Clement A. Griscom, on October 19, 1916 Horseshoe Plantation was divided up and part sold. Lloyd C. Griscom, Clement's son received on the west side naming it Luna Plantation while his sister Frances C. Griscom, a sportswoman, received of the old plantation to the east and named it Water Oak Plantation. Frances Griscom won the 1900 United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship.History of the McBride School
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Adjacent plantations

Adjacent plantations 1947: * Water Oak Plantation to the east *

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to the south * Ayavalla Plantation to the south Lloyd C. Griscom purchased the

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in 1929 owning it until his death in 1958. His widow owned the paper from 1958 through 1965. Adjacent plantations 1967: * Kinhega Lodge to the east *Avayalla Plantation to the south

Fossil discovery

In 1916 during a well digging at Luna Plantation, equipment hit a bone layer from the

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period of some containing several fossils. Skeletal remains found were of ancient

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s, and ancient

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-like ancestors of the dogs of today. The fossil site was later abandoned due to poisonous gases. This site became known as the Griscom Plantation site.

References

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