About 20 miles east of Lake Wales, just up the road from Highway 60, Lake Kissimmee State Park re-created an 1876 cow camp in the heart of Central Florida. A decade after the Civil War, Florida was ...
Many people think of the Wild West when it comes to cowboys, thanks to popular media and culture. However, they may not know about Florida’s modern cattle industry, its historical background and the ...
Florida’s history of ranching is among the oldest cattle-ranching traditions in the United States, dating back to the 16th century when Spanish explorers introduced cattle to the state. The herds ...
OKEECHOBEE, Florida — At daybreak on a misty-blue Wednesday, a herd of cows and bulls are horseplaying on a South Florida prairie when a tractor roars to life, hoisting in its jaws a hay bale as ...
TCPalm Enterprise Editor Cheryl Smith loves Fort Pierce so much, she's been lured here four times — hopefully for good this time! Fort Pierce News-Tribune Editor Bob Enns hired her in 1986, but she ...
Recently, on a hot summer morning with cumulus clouds towering overhead, black cattle grazed in South Florida fields, dotting the horizon along with clumps of palm trees. At the Big Cypress ...