Honey Lake Plantation!

Honey Lake Plantation!

Honey Lake Plantation!

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The culturally strong American South has stood out as a special region of the country made famous/infamous with the advent of the Civil War. Its historic plantation-slave culture evolved over the large land grants devoted to agriculture which required intense labor by thousands of people a hundred years before it would become mechanized. The acreage, climate and soil were perfect for raising tobacco, cotton and food crops with a long growing season. The South brought us the "gentleman farmer" and the "southern belle" which culture was introduced to the world through authors such as Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner and Margaret Mitchell in Gone With the Wind. On the surface, life appeared to be idyllic, but the glossed-over undercurrent was many times fraught with cruelty towards the slaves and harsh social rules for the privileged by which they were bound. Today the cruelty is gone and slavery is now just an unfortunate part of history, but many of the cultural social rules and customs yet remain when it comes to church attendance, conservatism, manners, carefully chosen speech and appearance. Comfort food is still on the table and is still a staple of the southern diet, consisting of fried chicken, beans, cornbread, collards/creasy/mustard greens, lots of tomatoes, fried pies and "the table wine of the south" - iced tea by the gallons. Girls start planning their weddings and dreaming of beauty pageants as early as ten years old, envisioning white Scarlet O’Hara ball gowns in beautiful outdoor gardens, and boys start hunting with their dads and granddads at about the same age. Today, just about the only divergence from the old ways is that they’re accompanied by a cell phone, proving that southerners are staunch defenders of their southern heritage. To recreate those dreams, now for sale is a plantation and resort in the deepest of the deep south in northern Florida.

Well located off I-10 that connects Jacksonville, Florida to Tallahassee is the southern plantation home and destination resort of Honey Lake Plantation. Steeped in deep southern tradition with an owner’s white columned plantation home, the 4,552-acre property also contains the award-winningHoney Lake Resort and Spa. Built by Bob Williamson, entrepreneur and author, Honey Lake Plantation is known for being a favored venue for weddings in the southern tradition and also has cottages, lodges and a main house, along with amenities that include a restaurant, the Howling Dog Saloon, pools, a spa and outdoor activities like hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, clay shooting, horseback riding and kayaking. For nature lovers, wildlife abounds - white-tailed deer, hawks, bald eagles, eastern turkey, miniature donkeys, horses, chickens, peacock, dove, bobwhite quail, turtles, alligators and fox squirrels. The property is being offered in its entirety or in four parcels ranging from 99 to 2,850 acres. For more information.

Honey Lake Plantation Resort, Spa and owner’s mansion on 4,552 acres for sport and events, now available in its entirety or divided in four parcels, priced at $22,238,063 for the whole.

Source: jonkohler.com