{"id":21108,"date":"2026-01-30T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21108"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:41:04","slug":"the-deep-history-of-a-neighborhood-east-of-tallahassee-is-spotlighted-with-an-official-historical-marker","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/the-deep-history-of-a-neighborhood-east-of-tallahassee-is-spotlighted-with-an-official-historical-marker\/","title":{"rendered":"The deep history of a neighborhood east of Tallahassee is spotlighted with an official historical marker"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21108-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/newhistoricalsign0129full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/newhistoricalsign0129full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/01\/newhistoricalsign0129full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Tallahassee&#8217;s history far pre-dates the arrival of Europeans in the 1500s. Now the area&#8217;s latest historical marker fully acknowledges the story of those original occupants.<\/p>\n<p>The marker, at the J.R. Alford Greenway trailhead was placed by the Tallahassee Historical Society and unveiled January 29. But it was the Panhandle Archeological Society&#8217;s Lonnie Mann who put the significance of the site in context.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This site has material that&#8217;s over 12,000 years old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those Native Americans were identified as members of the Swift Creek culture. That&#8217;s also how the nearby modern middle school got its name. Those early residents were connected to the larger Miccosukee Tribe. Edward Ornstein is the director of the tribe&#8217;s embassy in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The tribal government is quite happy to see that Leon County and the Tallahassee Historical Society are paying attention to that history and commemorating it here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Historical Society began a campaign of placing markers at significant heritage sites around the county during last year&#8217;s Tallahassee Bicentennial celebration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2026 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The deep history of a neighborhood east of Tallahassee is spotlighted with an official historical marker - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/the-deep-history-of-a-neighborhood-east-of-tallahassee-is-spotlighted-with-an-official-historical-marker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The deep history of a neighborhood east of Tallahassee is spotlighted with an official historical marker - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The marker stands near the J.R. 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