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COW CREEK CHRONICLES
A true story about the rise and fall of an early Florida cattle ranch
About the book
Cattle ranching has long been a major force in Florida, covering over 12 percent of the state’s lands. In Cow Creek Chronicles, journalist Gregory Enns explores this history through the century-long saga of the Raulerson family, who built a cattle empire at Cow Creek Ranch between Fort Pierce and Okeechobee.
The Raulersons were a family of pioneers that moved south to Florida during the nineteenth century. Family patriarch Frank Raulerson established the ranch in 1923. As the cattle herd grew and fences were built, Seminole communities that had lived near the creek in thatched huts called chickees ... Read more >>
About the Author
Gregory Enns is a fifth- generation Floridian who spent a twenty- five-year career working as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Florida and Alabama. In 2006 he founded Indian River Media Group, a company based in his native Fort Pierce that publishes magazines on the Treasure Coast and Space Coast of Florida, including its flagship Indian River Magazine. He and his wife, Gretchen, live... Learn more >>
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