Before There Was Cowboy, Florida Had Cracker!
Clip: Season 2 Episode 4 | 6m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn from two Florida cowmen about the first cattle and horses in North America.
Long before Texas had cowboys, Florida had cow hunters. The cattle they hunted and the horses they rode became known as Cracker. WFSU’s Mike Plummer visits with Doyle Conner, Jr. and Stephen Monroe, two Florida cattlemen involved in the preservation of the sunshine state’s cracker cattle and horse heritage.
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Before There Was Cowboy, Florida Had Cracker!
Clip: Season 2 Episode 4 | 6m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Long before Texas had cowboys, Florida had cow hunters. The cattle they hunted and the horses they rode became known as Cracker. WFSU’s Mike Plummer visits with Doyle Conner, Jr. and Stephen Monroe, two Florida cattlemen involved in the preservation of the sunshine state’s cracker cattle and horse heritage.
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