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Live Oak is a city in Suwannee County, Florida. The city is the county seat of Suwannee County〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 and is located east of Tallahassee, Florida. As of 2010, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 6,850. U.S. Highway 90, U.S. Highway 129 and Interstate 10 are major highways running through Live Oak. It is served by the Suwannee County Airport as well as many private airparks scattered throughout the county. One other Florida county also has a community named ''Live Oak'', which is located in Washington County. ==History== The founding of Live Oak dates back to shortly before the Civil War. Established in 1858, Live Oak was located at a junction between two strategically important railways: one operating between Jacksonville and Tallahassee, and another running south from Dupont, Georgia. A large Live Oak tree located off of the railways was a gathering and resting spot for many of the workers on the line, and gave the new cityscape its name. The tree used to be located where the now-present Pepe's Mexican Grocery on US90 is located.〔("Live Oak, Florida" ), See North Florida website〕 In 1879 the state legislature founded a normal school for blacks for the training of teachers; it developed as Florida Memorial University, now based in Miami. In 1952 the city attracted national attention with the trial and conviction of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy, married black woman, charged with the shooting and murder of Dr. C. Leroy Adams, a prominent married white physician and state senator. Her husband Sam McCollum had made a fortune in gambling, and there were rumors Dr. Adams was in business with him. Ruby McCollum testified that Adams had repeatedly forced her to have sex and to bear his child. The case has been described as demonstrating white men's assumption of "paramour rights" in the segregated society. Her trial was covered by journalist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston for the ''Pittsburgh Courier,'' among others. McCollum's conviction and death sentence were overturned on appeal to the state supreme court in 1954. She was judged "mentally incompetent to proceed" and committed to the state mental hospital. Her case has been the subject of books by journalist William Bradford Huie, who covered the appeal and second trial, C. Arthur Ellis, and Tammy Evans. It has also been the subject of documentary films. Geographically, Suwannee County is situated on a limestone bed riddled with underground freshwater streams, which surface in dozens of beautiful springs. This phenomenon of "Karst topography" gives the area a local supply of renewable fresh water and abundant sources of fishing. The county is known as a world-class cave diving site for SCUBA enthusiasts, and underwater cave explorer Sheck Exley chose to live here in order to have close access to many of the springs. The Twin Rivers State Forest is a Florida State forest located in North Central Florida, near Live Oak.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.floridaforestservice.com/state_forests/twin_rivers.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Live Oak, Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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