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A railroad often cited as Florida's first<ref>{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Gregg |title=A Short History of Florida Railroads |date=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=978-0738524214 |page=7-8 |pages=160 |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9780738524214 |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref> connected the port of St. Marks with the territorial capital, [[Tallahassee]], some 20 miles inland. The line, the [[Tallahassee Railroad]], was constructed about 1836, and until the Civil War it served in the export of Middle Florida's cotton through St. Marks.
 
Today the attraction of St. Marks for boaters, fishermen, and seafood lovers preserves a strong relationship with Tallahassee (as does the location of a generating plant for Tallahassee here). The now-abandoned rail line serves as the popular [[Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail]]—a paved 16+-mile bicycle and equestrian trail terminating at the St. Marks waterfront.