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Cowmen drive a herd at the Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers. Photo by Carlton Ward, Jr. 1 W I N T E R 2 0 0 6 / F O R U M F L O R I D A H U M A N I T I E S C O U N C I L
cowmen America’s first rode the Florida frontier By Joe a. akerman, Jr. Long before western cowmen drove their endless herds over the Chisholm, the Goodnight, the Sedalia, or the Bozeman, Florida cowmen were trailing their cattle across the Suwannee, the St. Marys, the Apalachicola, and the Black rivers. Before western cattlemen clashed with the Comanche, the Cheyenne, and the Sioux over grazing rights, Florida’s rancheros and Cracker cowmen had challenged Florida Indians over the use of rangelands. But while the cowboy of the sage and mesquite has received his well-deserved plaudits from American admirers and historians, the Florida cowman has been all but overlooked. F L O R iI D a A hH uU mM aA nN iI tT iI eE s S C O uU nN C iI L F O R U M / W I N T E R 2 0 0 6 17
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