On April 2, 1513, a Spaniard named Ponce de Leon had first discovered Florida while searching on a voyage for the Benimy and its islands. When he had first arrived they had thought Florida to be one of Benimy’s Islands, naming it La Florida after the spacious lush and fertile landscape. On his second voyage, in 1521, he had returned with both horses and seven Andalusia cattle, which is also the direct ancestors to the Texas Longhorns we see today. Ever since his first exacerbation to La Florida, he had known that it would be perfect land for cattle to be raised on. In turn, Ponce de Leon had turned Florida into America’s oldest cattle industry.
When the Spanish settlers had begun raising cattle, it wasn’t as easy as it had first seemed. St.
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After the war Florida was also one of the first states to have established a functional economy. The economy in this state was back-boned by the pioneer families that exported cattle into Cuba. These cow-men that had been given unusable confederate dollars were persistent on being paid in gold. Soon, Cuban trade had become a very rewarding initiative for early pioneers. Making Florida the leading exporter of cattle at the time, an important factor aiding the state after the financial drain the war had cost. In time this trade had become the foundation to Florida’s agricultural economy. So many of the state’s largest, most influential, and oldest industries had begun as either cattle ranching or cracker horses, in order to push the industries progress …show more content…
The states ranches provide pastured grasslands and ranges from the very first pioneers who had built Florida into what it is today, as a large producer for healthy cattle and food for the United States. Even today, the cattle raising industry remains as one of largest agricultural businesses in Florida, raising the third largest amount of cattle in states to the east of the Mississippi. The herds that roam the plains of Florida are a reminder to the dreams of those first entering into the state all those decades ago, it shows the American dream that with hard work comes success from the ancient Spaniards and past pioneers to today’s modern cattle
Turner, Frederick Jackson. "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Learner: Primary Sources. Annenberg Learner, Web. 25 Mar. 2014.
Farmers’ incomes were low, and in order to make a profit on what they produced, they begun to expand the regions in which they sold their products in. This was facilitated through the railroads, by which through a series of grants from the government as...
Carleton, Don, comp. Dolph Briscoe My Life in Texas Ranching and Politics. Austin: UTT, 2008. Print.
Farmers who lived west of the Appalachian Mountains shipped all their surplus produce by boat down rivers that flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. In a treaty of 1795, Spain agreed to give Americans the "right of deposit" at New Orleans. This right allowed Americans to store in New Orleans, duty-free, goods shipped for export. Arks and flatboats transported a great variety of products, including flour, tobacco, pork bacon, lard, feathers, cider, butter, cheese, hemp, p...
When looking at the vast lands of Texas after the Civil War, many different people came to the lands in search for new opportunities and new wealth. Many were lured by the large area that Texas occupied for they wanted to become ranchers and cattle herders, of which there was great need for due to the large population of cows and horses. In this essay there are three different people with three different goals in the adventures on the frontier lands of Texas in its earliest days. Here we have a woman's story as she travels from Austin to Fort Davis as we see the first impressions of West Texas. Secondly, there is a very young African American who is trying his hand at being a horse rancher, which he learned from his father. Lastly we have a Mexican cowboy who tries to fight his way at being a ranch hand of a large ranching outfit.
The expansion of agriculture and railroads helped form Texas’s present economy. The invention of the steam engine not only allowed people to move across the country in 7 days, instead of 6 months, but it also allowed crops and livestock to be carried to markets and places where they would be sold anywhere in the country. They could be moved to another farm in Texas as well. Since it’s such a large state, railroads were a necessity for travel, and general transportation. The railroad-building boom lasted 40 years. The production of cotton in Texas introduced some of the first slave-based cotton farms, and was the dominant crop for a very long time. After this event, Texas’s economy was forever changed.
Scheckel, Susan. Desert, Garden, Margin, Range: Chpt. 6: Mary Jemison and the Domestication of the American Frontier. Ed. Eric Heyne. New York, NY: Twayne Publishers, 1992.
Bartolome de Las Casas was an important protector of native peoples because the latter part of his life was dedicated to social reforms that called for better treatment of the natives.
The Spanish had great expectations of Florida despite disastrous results from expeditions such as Ponce de Leon and Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon's. In a description of the panhandle region from Hernando de Soto's campaigns, Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo wrote, “The Province of Apalache is very fertile and abundantly provided with much corn, kidney beans, pumpkins, various fruits, much venison, many varieties of birds and excellent fishing near the sea.” Notwithstanding the environmental benefits, the Spanish were ultimately unsuccessful in establishing a plantation economy in Florida. Both the British and the proto-Seminoles achieved greater success in establishing a plantation economy after the failure of the Spanish. Many factors contributed to the success of the proto-Seminoles and British in Florida including increased population, choice of economy, and African presence in Florida.
Florida became a state in 1845 and almost immediately people began proposing to drain the Everglades. In 1848, a government report said that draining the Everglades would be easy, and there would be no bad effect. Canals and dams were dug to control seasonal flooding. Farmers grew vegetables in the rich soil of the drained land, Ranchers had their cattle graze on the dry land, and new railways lines were constructed to connect communities throughout south Florida; but the ecosystem of the Everglades was not suited for either farming or ranching. The natural cycle of dry and wet seasons brought a devastating series of droughts and floods. These had always been a p...
The Roaring Twenties approached and the citizens in Colorado were facing rough times. In 1920, many people such as farm owners, manufacturers, and even miners were having a hard time making a living due to an economic downfall. The farmers especially, where facing the toughest of times. The price of various farm-grown goods like wheat, sugar beets, and even cattle was dropping because their goods were no longer needed by the public. Wheat had dropped in price from $2.02 in 1918 to $0.76 by the time 1921 came around. Sadly, the land that they were using to grow wheat became dry and many farmers had to learn to grow through “dryland farming” which became very popular in the eastern plains from 1910 to 1930 (Hard Times: 1920 - 1940). Apple trees began to die due to the lack of desire for apples, poor land, and decreased prices. Over the course of World War I, the prices of farm goods began to increase slowly. Farmers were not the only one facing this economic hardship while others in big cities were enjoying the Roaring Twenties.
In his book, The Third Plate, Dan Barber reflects on his journey around the world’s agricultural communities. Not only did he discover rich new methods and materials for his cooking, but he also reveals the close existing relationships between landscapes, culture, food, and wealth. In the section titled “Land”, Barber speaks of his time visiting a dehesa, or a form of farmland that began in Spain during the Middle Ages. Here, Barber uncovers the connections between jamón, the natural landscape, and the economic groundings of spanish agriculture. By the end of the chapter, it is clear that the of culture of the dehesa and jámon are both critical in understanding Spanish culture. Spanish people’s ability to use infertile land to produce what
1) Introduction: This paper will explain how America’s agriculture was developed and what roles were played to establish settlement.
Cattle farming started about 10,000 years ago in the 1800’s. The first cattle where used for transportation and draft work. Later they were used for milk and meat. They first free ranged cattle. Then later on they built fencing to keep them contained and know whose is whose. They started breeding them later in 1760 the years due to rise of wanting beef
Thompson, Paul B. and Stout, Bill A. Beyond The Large Farm. Westview Press, Inc.: Colorado 1991