I'm friends with one of the family members (Peter Metler), a longtime Golden Chief who has endowed a scholarship in his mother's name. She was a Fleishman who married John Metler. They still own a very valuable tract of land between Miccosukee Road and Centerville Road east of Fleishman Road but at one time their holdings extended all the way to Meridian and included what is now Killearn Estates. They also owned another very big tract of land up by Lake Miccosukee that they sold years ago.
There are more than a few families from the Northeast who found Thomasville and Tallahassee generations ago and now live here year round.
I remember years ago I was in Omaha at the College World Series and I was picking up a couple of bar tabs for beers for a Seminole fan who had become my new best friend. He was dressed in camo and duck boots and I enjoyed his conversation about FSU sports. As I was picking up a tab for about third night, a mutual friend said, "You know he can afford to pick up a tab now and then. He's the richest person you will probably ever meet."
Whether its Coca Cola, Fleishman Yeast, Interwoven Sock, Maybelline, or some other major corporation, there are dozens of good folks who found our beloved Seven Hills pleasing and settled here. They and their children have been active participants in building our community and Florida State University.
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