A Tale of Two Towns - Kissimmee versus Celebration

Fri, 2005-04-22 20:29 — joemoraca

Alex Marshall is a free lance writer in New York that has a pretty thought provoking article on new urbanism. Personally Celebration seemed very Disney weird to me the one time I was there... and I have never been to Kissimmee but have read some of the Florida Cracker Cowboy history of the region.

He also has a book, How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl and the Roads Not Taken, with another soon to be published.

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Sun, 2009-08-30 21:39 — Visitor (not verified)

Cracker - The Last of the Florida Cowboys

On September 24th, 8 PM at the Winter Park Library, the movie "Cracker - The Last of the Florida Cowboys" will be shown. All are welcome to see it, here is the film's description and a link to it's website...

Yes, there ARE cowboys in Florida. Real live rootin’ tootin roping and riding cowboys. And they’ve been on the scene for over 250 years. In fact Florida vies with Texas as the number one cattle producing state in the USA.?? Filmed over a course of three years, we soon realized that the life of the Florida Cowboy was changing; disappearing before our very eyes. The explosion of land values has forecast an end to large scale ranching and a major loss of wilderness in Florida.?? This film captures the beauty of the old ways, many of which have not changed in hundreds of years, with the drama of encroaching civilization. It is a beautiful and important film documenting America in the throes of change.

http://globalpeace.bside.com/2009/films/crackerthelastcowboysofflorida_g...

Tue, 2005-06-28 18:46 — Horse Blog (trackback) (not verified)