Florida Crackers: The Cattlemen And Cowboys of Florida 

A friend of mine married a Carlton.

I've lived in Arcadia mode my life except for 7 yrs in Georgia,but here to finish out this life

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My father's family were actually the same... My grandmother side... I was born in the city ... Bad luck

Have you seen Vero since you left? It’s changed tremendously.

Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful. Best wishes.

It is great, isn't it. And a surprise to many people outside of Florida.

How did it work out?

Great plans. I wish you well.

Are you talking about blue springs in Gilchrist county I love that place I'm from raiford also how's it going now I unfortunately had to move from home I'm only 15 but now I unfortunately live in east TN I fucking hate it here

Wow. I'm from Polk county and know quite a few Barbers, Strattons and Mizells. None of them yankee transplants either. Maybe some relation there.

Hard but as you can see not impossible. Not a lot of people realize this history.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for enjoying it and letting me know.

Thanks for sharing that.

Alioski Di Cuña the Spanish were not Cowboys

@@RaulMartinez-bf3ll--Cowboys means cattle herders. Called "vaqueros in Spanish. Seras pendejo!!!!!!!

Es verdad España llevo todos los Caballos y Vacas desde el Guadalquivir Sevilla,es tradición aquí desde antes de América no tenía Caballos ni vacas

El 70 por 100 de Estados Unidos era el virreinato de Nueva España durante 300años haber si os enseñan historia en el colegio el dólar es el real de 8 Dólar Español,no tenía Estados Unidos ni moneda

@@RaulMartinez-bf3ll No existen los caballos ni vaqueros,ni siquiera las famosas botas de vaqueros o texanas ,era tradición española de antes de los romanos Hispania,en las pinturas rupestres se reflejan muchos datos,es fácil averiguar

amen sir . that's why I'm here , boston went to hell you wouldn't believe how left is. its not right ,

Sadly you'll always be just a tranplant here in Florida..

Yes, it is.

This seems to be an ad to buy a DVD about the cowboys.

@@littleloca691 This is an excerpt from a DVD called Florida Crackers: The Cattlemen and Cowboys of Florida.

Sorry, I don't know those people.

@@panoramarick there are from Alachua... They are pretty similar to them ...

I am one of them. Not a cowboy. But a native Floridian 😊

Si, América no tenía vacas hasta que los españoles las trajeron. ( Yes, America did not have cows until the Spanish brought them.)

True. In Florida, they were left by the Spaniards and rounded up by people moving into the state.

edmundo oliver the traditional cowboy that we know today came from Chihuahua and was a descendent of the Charro. The charro was the teacher and vaquero was the student. From Chihuahua it spread north to tejas and Baja California. While there was Cowboys later on in Florida, they were not like the Cowboys from the southwest United States or northern Mexico because many of the traditional Cowboys techniques and wear originated in Mexico. There were people who worked with cattle in Florida but they were not like the traditional Cowboys we know today.

@@50magnum805 Maybe their technique was different, due to different terrain I think, but anybody who works cattle is a cowboy.

Cattle were first brought to the United States by the Spanish in 1521 via FL. Ranching in FL began in 1540. This all took place in the St. Augustine area, so I guess it is possible that it didn't take too long before the Spanish cattle had made their way to that part of GA. Regardless, the first cowboys definately originated in FL.

​@@321gates They were released to free range off the coast of Florida on islands. I won't go into the debate about whether or not the true location of the first spanish settlement was actually in present day Saint Augustine or in Georgia. But there were no "cowboys" wrangling cows during that time. The explosion of cattle population actually happened after the spanish settlement into more settled regions of the US, where they were allowed to free range in the vast long leaf prairies in SE Georgia and up into S. Carolina first, relatively free from the threat of natives.

I still have mine. I'm from Polk

@@soundcheck2k7 I almost tear up today when I hear one cause sadly Yankees have drowned the beautiful warm accent out and replace it with their cold brash sounding accents..

@@thepamela050 they stick out like a sore thumb. Can spot them a mile away. I still wear my wranglers and boots.

It’s very sad. Isn’t it

@@soundcheck2k7 Polk here, too. And yes, I've still got mine.

Definitely the cows came from Spain.

Yeah, but this is concerning the USA. We ain't worried about anywhere else.

@@soundcheck2k7 I can see that in your Cowboy films.

Your comment was correct. The other comment isn't the view of this channel.

@@PatrickSmithOnline Florida cattle ranching had links to Cuba.

@@abdulazizclare9545 Yes. That's covered in the book A Land Remembered.

I don't know if that is in the plans or not. Another producer made this film.

True.

Sorry, I don't understand your comment.

Florida was first in more ways than you know ... Windover Bog, history that is too taboo to be taught ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-teh90FTIKec.html

@@PatrickSmithOnline She's being sarcastic and is responding to comments made that cowboys are only from Texas and Mexico and points West.

It actually wasn’t Florida had the first cowboy in America.

Said a typical yankee..

Because you're probably from New york

Sorry you feel that way.

Look up St. Augustine.

Florida was a state as Andrew Jackson was Florida's first Governor in 1800 and quit his post a year later returning to Tennessee to petition the state for guns and ammo to fight the Indians in the SE USA hence the trail of tears.

Sorry you feel that way.

@@PatrickSmithOnline Do you wonder why we feel this way?

@@TSemasFl You didn't say so I don't know.

The Spanish, with their horses and cattle, first landed in Florida.

Spaniards first came directly to Florida and the North American cow hunter took place here. Y'all Texans can get off your soap box and get hit with the truth. Y'all might have more of the "cowboy" culture, but y'all sure ain't started it.

Jordon Johnson 🤦‍♂️

Y’all ain’t ropin cows y’all ropin gators 😂

Come to Texas and say that shit

Just went to Texas for work at a feedlot. Got there Dec 30th 2017, left Jan 6th because nobody there could handle cattle. Y'all just wanna holler at them and hit them.

jake watts Mexico had the first cowboys. The Traditions spread from Central Mexico to Northern Mexico then to the Southwest. Moreover, Texas what's the first to receive this kind of tradition later from Baja California were most of the California Vaqueros or backaroo developed spread North to Alta California even though the majority of the California Vaqueros of that time where in Baja California. While there was people who worked with cattle in Florida they were not like what they're depicted on in this video. Many of the skills and traditions that we know of the North American Cowboy derived and developed in Mexico. Due to the proximity and the history I think Texas was the first state with the traditional Cowboy we know of today. The Spanish did not denominator themself Vaqueros( cowboys) the denomination of that word was first used in Mexico. The Spanish were called caballeros( horsemen). if you think about it, how can Florida have the first cowboys when the Spanish did not use lassos or ropes had different kind of boots, different kind of saddles, different kind of Spurs and did not use chaps. The traditional cowboy hat is an exact replica of el sombrero de dos aguas that originated in northern Mexico. So if you're referring to people who work with cows then yes Florida had the first cowboys in the United States but if you're referring to the Cowboy we know of today or the Hollywood movies, I'll say outside of Mexico; Texas was the first with the traditional American Cowboy.