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Florida cattlemen's primary tools were dogs and cow whips to herd or capture cattle while also utilizing lassos. Florida cattle and horses were smaller than the western breeds. The Florida Cracker cattle, also known as the "native" or "scrub" cow, averaged about 600 pounds (270 kg) and had large horns and large feet. [6]
Cracker Gothic is a term for vernacular style of historical homes in Florida that are otherwise considered under the Florida cracker architecture style. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cracker Gothic comes from the combination of Florida cracker and Gothic Revival architecture and can be used interchangeably with Southern Gothic .
Cracker Country is a living history museum of rural Florida, and Florida Cracker culture which was established in 1978 by Mildred and Doyle Carlton Jr. [1] Cracker Country features thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 and is set in 1898. [1] The buildings were moved to their present location from throughout the state.
Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said a single-engine plane with only the pilot on board crashed around 8 p.m. local time in Homosassa, Florida. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office identified ...
Jessica Lunsford's 2005 slaying is the focus of the season premiere of 'People Magazine Investigates' on Monday, Oct. 28, at 9/8c on Investigation Discovery/ID and streaming on Max
Monkey Island. Monkey Island is a small island in the Homosassa River next to the Florida Cracker Riverside Resort and downtown "Old" Homosassa, Florida.The island was originally created when G. A. Furgason, a developer of the Homosassa area, hired a dragline operator to create the island from a pile of rocks submerged during high tide in order to keep boats from running aground.