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H. C. “Hank” Klein The original Leonard Destin home site was located where the Captain Leonard Destin Park was recently built. The Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the park are scheduled for Thursday, May 13, at 10 a.m. It is exciting and historical for the original home site of the city’s founder to be saved and turned into a park whereby locals and visitors can visit the park and learn about the site’s history. Our History Mystery readers might enjoy some history and background of the Leonard and Martha Destin home that was on this site until 2013. Although Leonard Destin and Martha McCullom married on May 29, 1851, they first lived in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It wasn’t until 1852 that Leonard and Martha permanently settled at Moreno Point Military Reservation and built their home on what would later be known as Lot 12. Because all of Township 2 south Range 22 west was a military reservation and owned by the War Department, Leonard and Martha did ....