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Cattle Drive Highlights Florida's Cowboy History

(29 Jan 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus047159 DEEP OFF THE BEATEN PATH, YOU'D THINK IT WAS THE YEAR 1800 IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, WHERE MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE REFLECT ON THEIR FARMER ANCESTRY. THIS GROUP, TRANSPORTING HUNDREDS OF COWS 60 MILES ACROSS THE STATE IN AN OLD FASHIONED CATTLE DRIVE. NO TRUCKS, NO HIGHWAYS. JUST HORSES AND DRIVING MULES PULLING WAGONS. EACH RIDER AND HORSE HOPEFULLY CARRYING ENOUGH PATIENCE AND STAMINA TO LAST A WEEK. SOUNDBITE (English) Doyle Conner, Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee: "The cattle industry has been important to Florida and Florida has been important to the cattle industry." THE RIDE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE RICH CATTLE HISTORY IN FLORIDA WHICH WILL SOON CELEBRATE 500 YEARS. MANY OF THE RIDERS LIKE LINDA BROWN - SOUNDBITE (English) Clark Bailey, Rancher: "I'm a third generation rancher farmer from Florida" AND CLARK BAILEY COME FROM RANCHING FAMILIES WHO HAVE RAISED CATTLE IN FLORIDA DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Brown, Rancher "This lifestyle doesn't keep up with the modern city lifestyle" SOUNDBITE (English) Doyle Conner/ Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee "It's just a way of life…we need to have it if we want to eat." BUT THAT WAY OF LIFE IS GOING AWAY. ACCORDING TO STATE CONSERVATION GROUPS, 1000 ACRES OF LAND DISAPPEAR EVERYDAY IN FLORIDA DUE TO DEVELOPMENT. SOUNDBITE (English) Doyle Conner, Florida Cow Culture Preservation Committee "It's just a lifestyle and a culture that's rapidly disappearing and my job as I see it is to make sure that the Florida Cow hunter, a unique American hero, isn't forgotten." AS THE RANCHERS DRIVE THE COWS ALONG LAKE KISSIMMEE, TRAVERSING CREEKS AND JOURNEYING THROUGH ACRES OF FIELD; IN A WAY, THE RANCHERS, NO MATTER THEIR AGE PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIR PAST BY RIDING. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Brown, Rancher: "It's how this land came to be. These are the pioneers, these are the people that made it happen, through their ruggedness." AS THE FUTURE OF THIS DISAPPEARING CULTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN. JOSH REPLOGLE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...