Description: Cracker Horses and Cattle, Florida, Paperback Join author Carol Matthews on a galloping romp through the long history of Floridaâ??s cracker horses and cattle. The first horses and cattle to set foot on the North American continent stepped onto Florida land, brought by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon in 1521 just south of present day Fort Myers. The animals were abandoned, formed wild herds and would be used by different groups for food, work, trade and transportation for the next 500 years. Cattle ranching was born when Jesuit and Franciscan Friars, also known as missionaries, set up a system of missions across north and north-central Florida. The largest ranch was Rancho de la Chua, located on what is now Paynes Prairie in Alachua County. As a result of this increase in cattle production, Florida rancheros began to sell cattle to Cuba. This was the first industry to develop in the New World and would continue for the next three hundred years. By the 1960s there were only a handful of pure cracker cattle and horses left. But herds were established on state lands, preserving a living link to Florida's past.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467151009
Book Title: Cracker Horses and Cattle : a History of Florida's Heritage Breeds
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: United States / 20th Century, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / 21st Century, Animals / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Carol Matthews
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: The History Press Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
