Loveridge Plantation is a

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plantation located in northern Leon County,

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and established by

George H. Love George H. Love (September 4, 1900 – July 25, 1991) was a businessman and industrialist who was in control of two major corporations—the Consolidation Coal Company and the Chrysler Corporation—and lead both back to profitability.

. Loveridge began as on the northwest corner of

Lake Miccosukee Lake Miccosukee is a large swampy prairie lake in northern Jefferson County, Florida, located east of the settlement of Miccosukee. A small portion of the lake, its northwest corner, is located in Leon County. The small town of Miccosukee, Flo ...

. In 1956, Love acquired an additional of

Sunny Hill Plantation Sunny Hill Plantation was a large hunting plantation in northern Leon County, Florida. Plantation Sunny Hill Plantation was established by Lewis S. Thompson in 1913, and was created from the former W. G. Ponder Plantation. Just before World War ...

(northern section in map) from the estate of New Jersey Governor

Walter E. Edge Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II. Edge ...

.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

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and succeeded

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when he became

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in 1953. Love had been Chairman of the Board of

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, 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 Norias Plantation is a small quail hunting plantation located north of Lake Miccosukee in northeastern Leon County, Florida, United States. The land for Norias was sold by Colonel Lewis S. Thompson of Sunny Hill Plantation to Walter E. Edge, Go ...

to the north * Foshalee Plantation 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