Life and Culture
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The Alligator
The American alligator has ruled Florida’s wetlands since time immemorial. A fossil skull found in Marion County in 2016, dating back 7 to 8 million…
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Key Lime Pie
The Key lime pie has been traced back to the early 20th century in Key West. It is is named after the small, aromatic, tart…
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Cracker Horses
The Florida Cracker Horse is a horse of many names. It is also known as the Marshtackie, the Seminole Pony, Prairie Pony, Florida Horse, Florida…
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Datil Peppers
n 1768, a group of over 1,400 Greeks, Italians, and Minorcans were brought to Florida as indentured laborers for a failed British plantation called New…
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Skunk Ape
Skunk Ape is a humanoid creature said to inhabit the wildest parts of Florida. Also known as Swamp Ape, Swampsquatch, Myakka Ape and Florida Bigfoot,…
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The Airboat
There’s no better symbol of Florida ingenuity than the airboat—part chaos, part control. It’s a rattling, roaring swamp chariot built to defy nature and somehow…
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The Ibis
This illustration by John James Audubon was first published between 1827 and 1838 as part of his monumental The Birds of America. It depicts a…
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Palmetto Dolls
The Seminole and Miccosukkee are famous for their handmadedolls, which are made of palmetto fiber husk and stuffed with cotton. The Seminole Doll accurately portrays…
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Cracker Cows
Florida scrub cattle or Cracker cows are one of the oldest and rarest breeds of cattle in United States. Developed the state of Florida, and named…