Oldest Ranchers In America Who Drove Out The Spanish Mark 500 Years Of ‘Cowkeeping’ In Florida

Oldest Ranchers In America Who Drove Out The Spanish Mark 500 Years Of ‘Cowkeeping’ In Florida

Oldest Ranchers In America Who Drove Out The Spanish Mark 500 Years Of ‘Cowkeeping’ In Florida A Seminole cattleman on the Brighton Reservation – credit, state archives The oldest ranchers in America are actually the native Floridan Seminole tribe, who carry on that legacy today by receiving top dollar for their cattle. This decade marks the 500th anniversary of the start of Seminole ranching, which began back when their ancestors captured 20 head of cattle from the landing party of a famous Spaniard looking to settle Florida for the crown in Madrid. There are hair-razing, tear-jerking, page-turning stories of the lives and times of Native American tribes across the country, but one nation that maybe doesn’t get the billing it deserves are the Seminoles. These Everglades dwellers inherited a cultural tradition 5,000 years old, and wrote a rich history of both resisting colonialism and living off a different kind of land to the Indians on the plains. The course of their story was forever al…