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 ...
OKEECHOBEE — 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 golden as the ...
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 ...
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 ...