SPANISH CATTLE RANCHING

Spanish Cattle Ranching is a Florida historical marker in Gainesville, Alachua County, dedicated 1969.

Alachua County · dedicated 1969 · E. University Ave near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Garden, Gainesville

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Present-day Gainesville was the center of a large Spanish cattle ranching industry, founded on the labor of native Timuqua Indians, during the 1600s. LaChua, largest of the ranches, was a Spanish corruption of an Indian word, and in turn was corrupted into "Alachua County." English raids destroyed the Indian civilization and Spanish ranches, although large wild herds of cattle were not uncommon during Seminole War years (1835-1842).

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Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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