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Date: Monday, January 1, 2001 
Question/Topic: Port Leon 
Answer/Pointer: Port Leon Founded in 1838, incorporated in 1841, terminus of the Tallahassee Railroad Company, prosperous port and county seat of Wakulla County. Destroyed by hurricane in 1843. Never rebuilt. 3 miles south of St. Marks on Apalachee Bay. (from Tallahassee Democrat, 5/18/62) See: Ante-bellum Tallahassee, by Bertram H. Groene 975.9881 Gro. Follow references from index in back of book, but especially pp. 84-85. 
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