Horse Riding Contest Down Commercial Street

Horse Riding Contest Down Commercial Street

Horse Riding Contest

Sanford (Fla.)

Cowboys--Florida

Horses--Florida

A cowboy racing on horseback along Commercial Street in Sanford, Florida. At the time that Sanford was founded, a substantial cattle industry thrived in the countryside near the new city. Cattle grazed on the prairies along the St. Johns River. Cowboys, also called cowmen, were employed by local ranchers, such as the Cameron and Beck families, to perform their cowboy skills at special events held in Sanford.

Original 7 x 5 inch black and white photograph: Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

ca. 1890

Digital reproduction of original 7 x 5 inch black and white photograph.

Vincent Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Sanford Historical Society, Inc. Sanford. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003, page 25.

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Commercial Street, Sanford, Florida

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Copyright to this resource is held by the Sanford Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Hazen, Kendra

Cepero, Laura

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Ward, Carlton. Florida Cowboys: Keepers of the Last Frontier. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009.

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Remington, Frederic. Cracker Cowboys of Florida. 1895.

Milt, Victor, and George Pratt. Cowboys of Florida. [Florida]: InterActive Publishing of Boca, 2006.

For many years, a substantial cattle industry thrived in the country around Sanford with cattle grazing on the prairies along the St. John's River. Local ranches, like those of the Camerons and the Becks, employed cowboys locally called cowmen. The cowmen often showed off their skills during special events in Sanford. Here a cowman in full gallop spears a ring.

1 black and white photograph

7 x 5 inches