Woodfield Springs Plantation
- Woodfield Springs Plantation
Woodfield Spring Plantation was a large quail hunting plantation in northern Leon County, Florida, United States.
Woodfield Springs was owned by Gilbert W. Humphrey, an executive with the M.A. Hanna Company of Cleveland, Ohio serving as president of the company in 1960 and chairman of the board in 1961. Humphrey's father also was an executive with Hanna and U.S. Secretary of the Tresaury. [Paisley, Clifton, "From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967", University of Florida Press, 1968. p. 92 ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-0718-2]
Woodfield Springs was located between Centerville Road and Miccosukee Road and covered an area of convert|4000|acre|km2.
Adjacent plantations:
*Ring Oak Plantation western section on the south.
*Horseshoe Plantation to the west
Tragedy
On October 5, 1967, Astronaut Clifton C. Williams died instantly when his T-38 Talon crashed in a remote part of Woodfield Springs.
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