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Whitney White did not ride aroundin a convertible with her childhoodGerman shepherd dogs — or brothersas she affectionately calls them — butshe certainly feels an affinity for thebreed.

It’s a connection she shares withthe previous owner of the Pebble HillPlantation, Elisabeth Ireland Poe,who did in fact place her favorite dog,Gloria, in her convertible wearingdriving goggles. As executive directorof the plantation, White loves how thephotographic archives show Poe’s ad-oration for her many dogs.

“Ms. Poe had artists do drawings ofGloria,” explains White. “She is fea-tured on a set of plates drawn by Rich-ard Bishop, a sporting artist of the1930s. We contacted a German shep-herd dog society that had Gloria’s ge-nealogy on record from the beginningof the breed.”

Artists’ canine renderings fill thehouse and come in every medium. Asa hunting plantation, these dogs werecompanions both for work and play.For White, it was only natural that thenewly established Elisabeth IrelandPoe art gallery feature this integral

part of Pebble Hill’s story. The gal-lery’s third exhibition, “Working LikeA Dog,” is on display through April25th.

Poe was 3 years old when hermother took over Pebble Hill Planta-tion. White was in fourth grade whenher mother began working at thehouse as assistant director. Poe con-sidered the estate her home base,with 50 to 75 Welsh corgis, bull terri-ers, Staffordshire terriers, Walker

hounds, English cocker spaniels andyellow labs in the kennels at any time.White loved her German shepherdslike siblings and worked nearly everyjob on the plantation.

“I worked in the ticketing officeduring high school and came here onsummers and breaks throughout col-lege,” says White, who earned herbachelor’s from Barry College andMBA from Thomasville University.

White was the Main House mu-

seum manager until November 2017when she was named to her currentrole as executive director. Pebble Hillis her second home. She is consumedby the stories it tells. Most of all sheenjoys carrying out Poe’s wishes topreserve the home and educate thepublic on 20th century shooting plan-tations.

Pebble Hill does not contain repli-cas of items, but rather features thevery same furniture and decorativearts that the family curated while theylived there. White says the personaltouches are seen in everything from

Pebble Hill Plantation gallery taps family history for third exhibitAmanda SieradzkiCouncil on Culture & Arts

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If you goWhat: Working Like A Dog Exhibition

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays-Sundays through April 25

Where: Pebble Hill Plantation, 1251US Hwy. 319 South, Thomasville, GA31792

Cost: $10 (gallery only)

Contact: For more information, call229-226-2344 or visit http://www.pebblehill.com/.

Maud Earl’s “Old Benchers,” 1885, oilon canvas is part of the Working Like ADog Exhibition at Pebble Hill. PEBBLE HILL

Pansy Poe with four of her dogs. PEBBLE HILL PLANTATION

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seen our “home” galaxy – the MilkyWay?

Our ancestors saw a band of lightstretching across the sky at night butdid not know what it was. The Greeksbelieved that the Goddess Hera wastricked into nursing Heracles while sheslept. When she awoke, she spread milkacross the heavens after pulling Hera-cles away from her.

We now know that the Milky Way isour galaxy as seen from inside it. Whenwe look at the summer Milky Way we

are looking towards the center of ourgalaxy. This area of the Milky Way ap-pears brighter and denser because ofthat.

When we view the winter Milky Waywe are looking away from our galaxyand into space, so the star field is lessdense and therefore fainter than thesummer Milky Way.

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Looking for space memorabilia

Request: The Florida Historic CapitolMuseum seeks objects and photographsrelated to the early manned space mis-sions. Any memorabilia or actual arti-facts are of interest as they work to pre-sent an exhibition detailing how theFederal Space Program became a Flori-da story.

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the booksin the li-brary to thecarvedhoofs thathang in thestables.She feels a

strong kinship with Poegiven the archival diariesand items in the home.Many items hold specialmeaning as she’s grownup alongside the history.

“I feel so comfortablehere and I wish I hadknown her,” says White. “Ialso feel like I do know herto some degree. We havesuch wonderful archivalphotos and items we getto tour people throughand experience everyday.”

White’s responsibil-ities span from managingthe 3,000 acres of land,overseeing staff and con-tinuing to build aware-ness of Pebble Hill’s mu-seum exhibitions. Shecontinues to networkwith institutions acrossthe country at programslike the Attingham TrustSummer School. White isappreciative of her boardmembers’ support ingrowing Pebble Hill’sreach.

The dedicated art gal-lery space is just one en-deavor that she hopes willcontinue drawing in newvisitors. “Working Like ADog” highlights one ofWhite’s favorite artgenres. The niche area ofthe sporting art world fea-tures animals on the huntor breeds of dogs that areconsidered “working”breeds. White’s favoritesin from the permanentcollection include WalterHunt’s otterhounds aswell as works by JohnEmms.

“The show that we’vebrought in is a wonderfulcomplement to the per-

manent collection that wehave here,” says White.

Earlier in March, Whiteworked with her staff tospearhead a “WorkingLike A Dog” day. She wasdelighted to invite eightcontemporary artists andtheir dog paintings. Thehumane society broughtpets available for adop-tion and hunting teamsdemonstrated the sport-ing side of the workingdogs.

It’s an event that White

hopes will become an an-nual staple in the commu-nity. More than that, shewants to continue build-ing programming on theplantation for all ages.She sees the art space as agreat way to accomplishthat goal while displayingmore art related to thehome and owners’ inter-ests.

“Whether it’s a paint-ing on a wall, a sculptureor a print of a paintingthat you like, I think most

people can relate to thefact that you want to havethings in your home thatyou enjoy looking at,” saysWhite. “Pebble Hill is thesame way. These are thepieces the family chose,not to be in an art gallery,but to be in their home.”

Amanda Sieradzki isthe feature writer for theCouncil on Culture & Arts.COCA is the capital area’sumbrella agency for artsand culture (www.talla-hasseearts.org).

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April 1 marks an important historical event in bothAmerica’s and Leon County’s history: the 201st anni-versary of Andrew Jackson’s incursion into SpanishFlorida and his attack on the Miccosukee Indians.

While our Miccosukee Indian tribe, numberingabout 1,500, had found homes along the western edgeof the lake now named for them, they continued tomake raids on the pioneer settlers along the Georgiaand Alabama’s southern borders. And Georgia settlersalso raided into Florida, making this a classic borderconflict.

Since Florida was still under Spanish rule, the crossborder raids had international implications. The Mic-cousukee had established good relations with theSpanish garrison at Fort St. Marks where they tradedfor goods, including powder and shot. All of this wasabout to change in 1818.

To complicate matters, the Spanish, weak in num-ber and control, had allowed the United States govern-ment passage up the Apalachicola River to their mil-itary post at Camp Crawford, just across the border inSoutheast Alabama. Major conflicts began in April of1817 and in November, fighting erupted between theU.S. troops at Camp Crawford and the Miccosukee, un-der their chief, Neamathla, whose tribe was locatednearby in Southeast Georgia.

One week later, on November 29, a barge command-ed by Lt. Richard W. Scott, was ambushed as it headedup the Apalachicola River toward Camp Crawford.About 50 persons were on board, including a largenumber of seriously ill soldiers and seven wives of sol-diers stationed at the camp. Only a few managed toescape.

This incident, the “Scott Massacre,” was headlinenews across the nation. As a result, President JamesMonroe ordered General Andrew Jackson, Command-er of the Southern Division of the US Army, the “pun-ish” the attacker, whether they were in the U.S. or Flor-ida territory. Thus the First Seminole War began.

In mid-March, 1818, General Jackson began hiscampaign into Florida. His force of more than 3,000men was made up of Tennessee Volunteers, GeorgiaMilitiamen and a large contingent of friendly Creek In-dians. hey were soon headed toward the towns of Mic-cosukee.

After crossing the Ochlockonee River into presentday Leon County on March 29, 1818, they came to theIndian village of Tallahassee. Finding the village aban-doned, they proceeded toward the northeast and theirobjective, Miccosukee.

At 2:00 o’clock p.m. on April 1, Jackson’s force ar-rived and began their attack. The Miccosukee had de-tected the army’s approach and evacuated their wom-en, children and elderly. They met Jackson with asmall delaying force which evolved into a larger battleand a wild pursuit through the Miccosukee towns —with Jackson’s forces fighting an estimated 500 war-riors. Jackson’s large force was successful, but most ofthe Indians were able to escape into the swamps. Ca-sualties were not heavy on either side.

The several hundred houses in the area were allcarefully searched and then burned to the ground. TheMiccosukee also lost 1,000 head of cattle, some horses,hogs, poultry and about one thousand bushels of corn— a devastating blow to them. One member of the

Georgia Militia, Lt. John Banks, wrote about the spoilsof war apportioned to his unit:

“We got between four and five hundred cattle, somehorses, hogs, poultry and about 1,000 bushels of corn.Here we had a plentiful feast. The cattle were put in apen near the encampment. I shall never forget the mel-ancholy effect produced on me by simultaneous low-ing of the cattle, howling of the dogs and chirping ofthe young chickens. We found in the town a pole onwhich were many scalps nailed. One could discoverfrom the length of the hair several female ones.”

In actuality, the pole bore hundreds of scalps, someold and some new. It was believed that the more recentones were from the Scott Massacre. General Jacksonwas furious upon learning about this and he was frus-trated that he could find no one on which to strikeback. Jackson wrote this message to the commandantat Fort St. Marks: “I have penetrated to the Mikasukiantowns and reduced them to ashes.”

In pursuit of the Indians several days later, Jack-son’s troops had another encounter with them at theEconfina Natural Bridge, located between Tallahasseeand the Suwanee River.

To the soldier’s amazement, they found a survivorof the Scott Massacre, Elizabeth Stewart Dill, the wifeof a soldier at Camp Crawford. She was the only femalecaptive taken alive by the Miccosukee in that ambush.Ms. Dill had managed to take refuge in the woods dur-ing the fighting and was spotted and saved by a Creekwarrior fighting with the U.S. Army.

In a scant three years, Florida would become a terri-tory of the United States, and the “Land of the Micco-sukee” would become cotton plantations, later evolv-ing into present-day quail plantations owned bynorthern industrialists.

All that remains of the Miccosukee in Leon Countyis their name on the lake and the small communitythat bears their name. As for Camp Crawford? It wasrenamed Fort Scott in memory of Lt. Scott and the“Scott Massacre.”

Dave Lang, a member of one of Leon County’s oldestfamilies, is the former Clerk of the Courts for LeonCounty and former president of the Tallahassee His-torical Society. He is a currently a board member of thehistorical society.

201 years ago: Jackson confronts the MiccosukeeDave LangGuest Columnist

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