The "Florida Crackers"

What is that you say?....What on earth is a "Cracker"??  Well the Pioneers of Florida, were known as "Florida Crackers".  "Crackers" got their name from the crack of the cow hunter's whips.  Today, the term "Cracker" is used for all native Floridians.

Brief History:

Cracker Cattle for hundreds of years roamed the Florida scrub, the swamps and the prairies much like the western plains buffalo.  They belonged to no one, except to the land and the wide open spaces.  If a man could get a rope on one, or drive one into an enclosure, it was his to keep, but it wasn't a job for the faint-hearted.  It meant dealing with storms, floods, drought, breath-stealing heat and biting insects for days on end.  As time passed some became quite proficient at their capture and substantial herds were accumulated and branded.

And so began the "Cracker" Lanier Family..now eight generations in Florida!.

So, grab a big o' glass a tea and pull ya up a cane back rocker
Visit with a real Florida Cracker Family:

My Piney Woods Rooters

Moonshiners, Gator Hunters.. Cracker Tales

Don't get Bear caught!.. Say what?  Unique Cracker Expressions

Hungry? Try some Swamp Cabbage or other Cracker Fixins'

Florida Cowhunters play hard:   PRCA RODEO

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