Florida also has more cattle than Texas. (eat your hearts out) We also have our own horse. The Florida Cracker Horse, It was bred to with stand the high heat and humidity.

Thanks for that post. I'm a history nut and espacially interested in the time period of the Civil War. When working in the feed lots of the SW we got many cattle out of Fl. at that time, early 60s, it was considerd the top produceing state. It even out produced Texas. Maby not for quality but it surely did for quantity. There cattle were cheep and Texas cattle were bringing premium prices. We had one feeder that bought his own trucks to haul out of Fl with. Fl. calves were going for about .15 a lb. while we were paying .35 a lb. for Texas calves. The Fl. stock had a lot of Bramha mixed in and were real tough cattle. The ones they raised here in Az. to full size beaves were ideal for this desert country. They could travel great distances to water.

Thanks for sharing that. We tend to forget that the eastcoast was the first wild west of the states afterall.

That's a pretty cool little tid bit of history. I've never really heard much of the cowboy history from the eastern states so it's fun to hear. Thanks for sharing it!