Mistletoe Plantation was a quail hunting plantation located in extreme northwest Leon County, Florida, and southeast Grady County, Georgia, established by Mrs. Jean Hanna Gallien.

Location of Mistletoe Plantation in 1947

Mistletoe Plantation lies mostly in Grady County, Georgia, with 2,500 acres (10 km2) in Leon County.

Owner edit

Mrs. Jean Hanna Gallien was the granddaughter of Melvin Hanna of M. A. Hanna Company, a mining and steel company. Mistletoe is near her grandfather's Melrose Plantation and Sinkhola Plantation owned by her sister Mrs. Warren Bicknell, Jr.[1]

Mistletoe continues to be a conservation easement for Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Paisley, Clifton, From Cotton To Quail: An Agricultural Chronicle of Leon County, Florida, 1860-1967, University of Florida Press, 1968. ISBN 978-0-8130-0718-2
  2. ^ Tall Timbers News Archived 2006-09-27 at the Wayback Machine