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Rick and Cathy look at Florida crackers: Cracker culture, Florida cowboys, and cracker villages. 

Links We Mentioned
The Secret History of the Word Cracker

Florida Wildlife Corridor and Wild Space Gallery

Florida Cracker Horse

Florida Cattle History

Lake Kissimmee State Park Cow Camp

Florida Cracker entry at FL Memory

Rick's post about Kissimmee/Osceola Co cattle history

Fort Christmas

Rick's post about Christmas

Dade City's FL Pioneer Village

Barberville Pioneer Settlement

Rick's post about Barberville

Cracker Country at the State Fairgrounds

Dunn History: Black Cowboys

Lawrence Silas at Osceola Co History Center

Dunn History: Rosewood Before the Massacre

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