Opens Saturday, March 16 and runs through Saturday, April 27
Dwarf Cypress Forest in Tate's Hell. Credit: Florida Forest Service
This exhibit will explore the many facets of the legend of Tate’s Hell, the misadventures and fate of Cebe Tate, and how Tate's Hell State Forest got its name. Wildlife and landscape photos taken in Tate’s Hell by John Spohrer and Jon Johnson will be on display. The exhibit will also include the song, The Ballad of Tate’s Hell by Will McLean and performed by Frank Lindamood, and the FSU Department of Communications’ 1983 short film, “A Tale of Tate’s Hell”.
"In the folk region, people are wedded to the land, and the land holds memories. The people themselves possess identity and ancestry, through continuous occupation of the same soil. Local events can flower into legend and ballad and proverb, and village ways can harden into custom."
---Richard M. Corson in American Folklore
Sponsored by C-Quarters Marina and Shaun Donahoe Realty. Funding in part by the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.
Frog in a Pitcher Plant in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson
Deer in Tate's Hell. Credit: Jon Johnson