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Most newcomers to Tallahassee often wonder why our city, as small as it is, is the capital of Florida, instead of Miami, Orlando or Jacksonville. The story is that in 1823, Pensacola and St. Augustine were bustling towns and busy ports and both felt deserving of the "capital" title. In order to fairly choose a capital city, they both sent an explorer on horseback, deciding that wherever the horseback riders met would be the halfway point between the cities and the new capital city. Well, they met in what we now call Tallahassee and in 1824, Tallahassee became the capital city.

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