{"product_id":"cow-creek-chronicles-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-florida-cattle-ranch","title":"Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA boom-to-bust generational saga of a pioneer family and their cattle empire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCattle ranching has long been a major force in Florida, covering over 12 percent of the state‚Äôs lands. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCow Creek Chronicles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, journalist Gregory Enns explores this history through the century-long saga of the Raulerson family, who built a cattle empire at Cow Creek Ranch between Fort Pierce and Okeechobee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Raulersons were a family of pioneers that moved south to Florida during the nineteenth century. Family patriarch Frank Raulerson established the ranch in 1923. As the cattle herd grew and fences were built, Seminole communities that had lived near the creek in thatched huts called chickees were forced off the land to nearby towns and reservations, and this book includes their stories. At its height in the 1960s, the 23,000-acre Cow Creek Ranch, operated by Frank‚Äôs granddaughter and heir Jo Ann Raulerson Sloan, boomed under the supervision of a core group of cowboys using modern agricultural methods. As the years went by, Jo Ann‚Äôs husband, TL Sloan, mismanaged expenses and mired the ranch in debt, and the family sold off the land in parcels‚Äîmany of which are now conservation areas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this narrative, readers will gain insight into how ranches were first established in Florida, including how cattle were managed and breeds developed. Enns opens a window into the lives of ranch hands and cowboys, highlighting traditions such as roundups, cattle drives, parades, and rodeos, as well as folkways such as cooking and handcrafts. He\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso draws attention to the history of the Cow Creek band of Florida Seminoles, including their legendary heroine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCow Creek Chronicles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weaves together many strands in a unique history of the modern settlement of Florida. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548253360413,"sku":"9780813081205","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780813081205.jpg?v=1761676885","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/cow-creek-chronicles-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-early-florida-cattle-ranch","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}