Port Orange, FL- After being exiled from France in the 1820s, Napoleon Bonaparte’s
eccentric nephew, Achille Murat, settled in Florida, where he fought
Indians, ate turkey buzzards, and threw dinner parties at his
Tallahassee plantation. But he disliked changing his clothes, refused to
bathe, and used a shaggy dog as a spittoon. He became known as the
Prince of Tallahassee.
Learn about Murat and other peculiar persons in Florida history during
a free presentation at 2 p.m. Friday, June 9, at the Port Orange
Regional Library, 1005 City Center Circle. Zach Zacharias, the senior
curator of education and history at the Museum of Arts & Science, will
shed light on the lives of crazy cowboy Bone Mizell, soldier of fortune
William Augustus Bowles, 18th century settler Denys Rolle, and others.
Reservations are not required. For more information, call the library
at 386-322-5152, option 4.
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