Hotels in Tallahassee

Hotels in Tallahassee

Hotels in the city of Tallahassee are often required for tourits who desire accommodation in the city. Some may want hotels so tey can have a conference visit. Some may want to visit the city for the culture, the entertainment, the sports, the history, the tourist attraction centres. Hotels is the area may be high status or cheap or offer good parking facilites and views.

Tallahassee is the capital of the State of Florida, USA, and the county seat of Leon County.

The name "Tallahassee" is a Muskogean Indian word often translated as old fields. This likely stems from the Creek (later called Seminole) Indians who migrated from Georgia and Alabama to this region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Upon arrival, they found large areas of cleared land previously occupied by the Apalachee tribe. Earlier, the Mississippian Indians built mounds near Lake Jackson around A.D. 1200, which survive today in the Lake Jackson Archaeological State Park.

The expedition of Panfilo de Narvaez encountered the Apalachees, although it did not reach the site of Tallahassee. Hernando de Soto and his expedition occupied the Apalachee town of Anhaica in the winter of 1538-1539. Based on archaeological excavations, this site is now known to be located about one-half mile east of the present Florida State Capitol. The DeSoto encampment is believed to be the first place Christmas was celebrated in the continental United States.

During the 1600s, several Spanish missions were established in the territory of the Apalachee to procure food and labor for the colony at St. Augustine. The largest of these, Mission San Luis de Apalachee, has been partially reconstructed by the state of Florida.
Florida State Capitol; old building in front with new high-rise behind.

From 1821 through 1845, the rough-hewn frontier capital gradually grew into a town during Florida's territorial period. The Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, returned for a grand tour of the United States in 1824. The US Congress voted to give him $200,000 (the same amount he had given the colonies in 1778), US citizenship, and a plot of land that currently makes up a portion of Tallahassee. In 1845, a Greek revival masonry structure was erected as the Capitol building in time for statehood. Now known as the "old Capitol," it stands in front of the Capitol high rise building, which was constructed in the 1970s.

Tallahassee is noted for its hilly terrain, and the state capitol is located on one of the highest hills in the city. The elevation varies from near sea level to just over 200 feet. The flora and fauna are more typical of those found in the mid-south and low country regions of South Carolina and North Carolina. Although some palm trees grow in the city, they are the more cold-hardy varieties like the state tree, the Sabal Palmetto. Pines, magnolias and a variety of oaks are the dominant trees. Of the latter, the Southern Live Oak is perhaps the most emblematic of the city.

Places of interest in the city include or have included ;

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park, Challenger Learning Center, Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park,Florida State Capitol,Florida Supreme Court, Lake Ella, Lake Jackson, Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park, Lake Munson, Lake Talquin,Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science (MOAS) website, Mission San Luis de Apalachee, Myers Park, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Railroad Square, Tallahassee Museum, Tom Brown Park,

Located nearby places of interest include or have included:

Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site near Woodville, Wakulla Springs State Park near Crawfordville, Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee - Administration Building is on the National Register of Historic Places

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