The New International Encyclopædia/Tallahassee

TAL′LAHAS′SEE. The capital of Florida, and the county seat of Leon County. 105 miles west of Jacksonville; on the Seaboard Air Line, the Carrabelle, Tallahassee and Georgia, and the Georgia, Florida and Alabama railroads (Map: Florida, D 1). It is finely situated on an eminence, in the vicinity of several picturesque lakes, and has wide, beautifully shaded streets. The Florida State College, occupying a site overlooking the city, the Florida State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students, and the Leon County Academy are the leading educational institutions. The State Library has 9500 volumes; and there are also in the city the Supreme Court Library, with more than 7000 volumes, and the David S. Walker Library (formerly the University Library), with 6000 volumes. Other prominent features are the State Capitol, the court-house, the post-office, and Bloxham Park. The vicinity is especially adapted to the production of cotton, tobacco, and sugarcane, and also has important dairying and stock-raising interests. Cottonseed oil and cigars constitute the principal manufactures. The government, under the revised charter of 1869, is vested in a mayor, chosen annually, and a unicameral council. Tallahassee was laid out in 1824 on a site selected two years earlier as the seat of the Territorial Government, and was incorporated as a city in 1827. Population, in 1890, 2934; in 1900, 2981.