Throughout the 1800s, Cracker cattle roamed freely across Florida’s terrain, grazing on native scrub grasses. To move them ...

Many people think of the Wild West when it comes to cowboys, thanks to popular media and culture. However, they may not know about Florida’s modern cattle industry, its historical background and the ...

About 20 miles east of Lake Wales, just up the road from Highway 60, Lake Kissimmee State Park re-created an 1876 cow camp in the heart of Central Florida. A decade after the Civil War, Florida was ...

Triangle Ranch is a 1,200-acre working ranch abutting the Myakka River, with cattle and pastures dotting the property between patches of Florida forest thick with palmettos, cabbage palms, pine trees ...

TCPalm Enterprise Editor Cheryl Smith loves Fort Pierce so much, she's been lured here four times since 1986. She loves the free, easy, quick access to nature. She's intrigued by the Florida seafood, ...

OKEECHOBEE, Florida — At daybreak on a misty-blue Wednesday, a herd of cows and bulls are horseplaying on a South Florida prairie when a tractor roars to life, hoisting in its jaws a hay bale as ...