Kayaking on Spruce Creek River - Cracker Creek - Port Orange
This is just a minute of the beauty you see while kayaking on Spruce Creek River from Cracker Creek. Fun!
Kayaking Spruce Creek Port Orange
Cracker Creek Canoeing is just a short drive west off Taylor Road in Port Orange. We brought our own kayak but they offer canoe and kayak rental, hydro bike rental, and pontoon boat tours. (More at Link Above)
Cracker Day at Cracker Creek & Gamble Place
This video is about the upcoming event at Cracker Creek and Gamble Place in honor of the Old Florida Pioneers. Saturday, 31 May 2014 - 10AM-4PM.
Cracker Creek crossing
Water is still too high to cross to get to the claim, maybe another two weeks..
Micanopy, Florida
The Town of Micanopy encompasses 1.03 square miles near the Alachua-Marion County line in rural north-central Florida between Gainesville (home of the University of Florida) and Ocala (the horse capital of the world). Micanopy’s 615 residents occupy 300 residences. The beautiful southern community was named for Seminole Chief Micanopy (ca.1780-1849).
The ancient oaks clothed in Spanish moss enfold Micanopy’s narrow streets and dirt lanes and provide shade and Southern ambiance for visitors and families that have lived here for generations. Micanopy’s appeal is based on its rich, sometimes savage history. Florida’s aboriginal records show that Hernando De Soto encountered an early Timucua Indian Village here in 1539 and later, Pennsylvania botanist William Bartram visited a Cuscowilla village on this site in 1774. Micanopy is the oldest inland town in Florida, having been included in a land grant made by the King of Spain in 1817 to Don Fernando de la Maza Arrendondo of Havana and St. Augustine. Founded after Spain relinquished Florida to the United States in 1821, Micanopy became the first distinct American town in the new territory. Originally an Indian trading post, Micanopy was built under the auspices of the Florida Association of New York. A leading member of this company, Moses E. Levy, along with Edward Wanton, a former Anglo-Spanish Indian trader, played important roles here. In 1822, a select group of settlers and skilled craftsmen departed New York harbor and set sail for Florida. After disembarking on the banks of the St. Johns River (at the site of present day Palatka), and with the added labor of 15 slaves, these men forged a 45 mile road with eight bridges to Micanopy—a vital new pathway into the interior. These first settlers arrived on February 12, 1823, and were in close contact with both Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, as well as the black descendants of runaway slaves who resided among them. This initial period was one of relative peace. Micanopy means “head chief,” a title awarded to the leader of the Alachua Seminoles. For a time, this frontier hamlet was also known informally as “Wantons.”
The onset of the Second Seminole War in December 1835 caused great devastation. Nearby sugar plantations and homesteads were burned and entire families sought the safety of Micanopy, which had been barricaded with log pickets and renamed Fort Defiance by the military. During the summer of 1836, the Battle of Micanopy and the Battle of Welika Pond took place here. On August 24, with most soldiers sick or wounded, the US Army evacuated the fort and town and all buildings were intentionally burned. Afterward, Fort Micanopy was erected in 1837. The town was rebuilt after the Seminole War, with few of the original inhabitants returning. Cotton replaced sugar as a staple crop and cattle production assumed new importance. Following the Civil War and with the advent of the railroad, the Micanopy area became known as the “leading orange and vegetable growing section of Florida.” After a freeze in 1894-95, orange cultivation was curtailed, but farmers continued to flourish by growing winter vegetables for northern markets. By the 1920’s, truck farming was largely displaced by the lumber and turpentine industries. Many of the town’s larger surviving homes reflect the previous era of agricultural prosperity.
Today, excavations and preservation initiatives pay tribute to the Town’s historic past with the search for artifacts in residents’ yards. A local park, the Micanopy Native American Heritage Preserve, protects an Indian mound.
Dedicated on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, Cholokka Boulevard, once an Indian trading route, is Micanopy’s main street, and the Town’s primary tourist destination known for its antique shops. Micanopy’s eclectic mix of authentic rustic storefronts lure casual shoppers, collectors, seasonal scouts from all over the country, and Hollywood film makers (1991 Doc Hollywood, 1983 Cross Creek, and most recently, The History Channel’s 2014 Top Gear). The nationally lauded Greek revival mansion, the Herlong Mansion Bed & Breakfast (1915), is known for providing Southern hospitality. A two-story brick schoolhouse (1895) houses Micanopy Town Hall, the Town Commission Chambers, and the Micanopy branch of the Alachua County Library District. Across the street, the wood-planked Thrasher Warehouse (1896) boasts the Micanopy Historical Society Museum and the Micanopy Archives showcasing the relevance of earlier times for historians, genealogists, and students. Numerous historic homes and old cracker houses add to the picturesque warm
Thank you to the Herlong Bed and Breakfast for being so accomodating.
Spruce Creek River
Cracker Creek boat tour
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
The Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park preserves the writer's cracker style home and farm, where she lived for 25 years and wrote her Pulitzer prize-winning novel The Yearling. The homestead, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is open to the public. Listen to a park ranger tell how Rawlings came to live and write at Cross Creek.
Springs of the Ocklawaha River from Rodman Dam to Eureka Dam: A Slide Show by Paul Nosca
Springs of the Ocklawaha River from Rodman Dam (River Mile 12) to Eureka Dam (River Mile 33): A Slide Show by Paul Nosca
32 slide-show views that portray most of the artesian springs or spring runs that are present in and along the Ocklawaha River basin between Rodman Dam (at river mile 12 [RM-12]) and Eureka Dam (at river mile 33 [RM-33]). These photographs were taken since 2007 by Captain Erika Ritter or Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca with the great majority of them recorded during 3 different draw-down periods of Rodman Reservoir (a.k.a. Rodman Pool or Lake Ocklawaha).
Shown are: Marion Blue Springs, Catfish Springs, Alcorn Sims Springs, Orange Springs, Indian Bluff Springs, Cracker Landing Springs, Hasty Greene Springs, Big Rack Road Springs, Tobacco Patch Landing Springs, Cannon Springs, Moore Creek Springs, plus 5 other unnamed springs and/or spring runs.
These artesian springs apparently issue forth from the Floridan aquifer in close proximity to the Mount Dora Ridge physiographic subdivision that comprises the southern and eastern high ground upland edge of the Ocklawaha River valley.
Rodman Reservoir's earthen dam was constructed across the historic Ocklawaha River channel at river mile 12 (upstream from the St. Johns River). The concrete and metal Rodman Spillway (with its four 40-foot wide floodgates) is part of that earthen dam. At the usual full-pool of Rodman the stage of the water behind Rodman Dam is maintained at 18 to 20 feet above sea level (9,200 to 13,000 surface acres). When Rodman Pool is manipulated to draw-down (every 3 to 4 years or so) the stage of the water behind the dam will usually be lowered to a minimum of about 11 feet above sea level (4,300 surface acres). The crest of Rodman Spillway plus the upstream sill of Buckman Lock -- that the released water flows over -- were built with summits of 6 feet above sea level. Historically the normal stage of the natural Ocklawaha River at river mile 12 would have been only about 5 to 6 feet above sea level. Therefore even at a draw-down stage of 11 feet above sea level, the Ocklawaha's artesian springs in Rodman Pool that are closest to Rodman Dam (e.g., Marion Blue Springs and Catfish Springs) are still drowned under 5 to 6 feet of backwater.
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Song of the Creek - Bonnie Whitehurst
As a composer living in Florida I received a commission to write a song about a person, place, or event in Florida history. This song and the video celebrate the life and home of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, our state's most famous author. The lyrics of the song reflect many of the phrases Marjorie used to describe her sentiments toward Cross Creek and the place she called home. Here are the lyrics to the Song of the Creek.
I'm a plain-spoken writer and Marjorie's my name
In the shade of an orange grove you'll find my home
Removed from the clang of big city life
The long tangled threads of my past have now come straight.
My first love is poetry, food for the soul
From a very young age I wove rhyme and tale As a newspaper poet, I sharpened my wit
And loosened my thoughts and my words and then I wrote
First came Songs of the Housewife, romance of their toiling Of pot and pan boiling upon the stove
Of plants amply watered and neatly set tables Poems of the working class wife.
Now how I came south and discovered the Creek Twas divine intervention and good fortune smiling I settled among the Crackers of Florida Who took me and taught me as if I were their own.
Now I hear no song finer than that of the red bird The smell of corn liquor when the breeze blows just right The grove thick with oranges, the garden with flowers I'm so close to nature, content even when I'm alone.
Yes, I know this place and the people within And the reason they do what they do. And I write about life in the Creek and the Scrub My books are as love lyrics sung to honor these people
There's contentment and harmony here in the Creek Though life has its loneliness, beauty and pain There's an essence of holiness, purpose and aim With purity, innocence, center and strength.
Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain With the sun and its blandness of season
With a warmth that lingers on flowering trees I am so blessed to call it my home.
Oh the wilderness here is my Garden of Eden The orange grove is my Walden Pond. Daily I till the soil on my own Brook Farm But I am lover not Master, tenant not possessor, Just a plain-spoken writer whose learned to call Florida home.
Diving with a hybridized Male Redear Sunfish Bluegill cross
Diving with a hybridized Male Redear Sunfish Bluegill cross at churn creek Redding CA The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus), also known as the shell cracker, Georgia bream, cherry gill, chinquapin, improved bream, rouge ear sunfish and sun perch, is native to the southeastern United States, but since it is a popular sport fish it has been introduced to bodies of water all over North America. It generally resembles the bluegill except for coloration and somewhat larger size. It is dark-colored dorsally and yellow-green ventrally. The male has a cherry-red edge on its operculum; females have orange coloration in this area. The adult fish is between 20 and 24 centimeters (7.9 and 9.4 in) in length. Max length is 43.2 cm (17.0 in), compared to a maximum of about 40 cm (16 in) for the bluegill.The favorite food of this species is snails. These fish are bottom feeders, meandering along lakebeds seeking and cracking open snails and other shelled creatures. The fish has thick pharyngeal teeth, hard, movable plates in its throat, which allow it to crunch exoskeletons. It is even capable of opening small clams. The specialization of this species for the deep-water, mollusk-feeding niche allows it to be introduced to lakes without the risk of competition with fish that prefer shallower water or surface-feeding.
In recent years, the stocking of redear has found new allies due to the fish's ability to eat quagga mussels, a prominent invasive species in many freshwater drainages .Male guarding eggs
During spawning, males congregate and create nests close together in colonies, and females visit to lay eggs. The redear sometimes hybridizes with other sunfish species. The redear sunfish is also located in many marsh wetlands of freshwater.
A GEM IN ALABAMA
A Gem in Alabama. Great Campground Great waterfalls Great people and some pretty good food too. This video covers over nighting in La. Boondocking at Cracker Barrel in Ms and The begining of our 2 week stay in Gadsden Alabama. All about RVING. My name is Bruce. I am an RV Enthusiast from Oregon. I along with my wife and 2 small dogs-BUSTER AND JR love to Travel. Traveling in a RV is our favorite mode of vacationing. We also love cruising the Caribbean and going to London. Our current RV is a 2012 Thor A.C.E. My previous RV was a 1996 Newmar DutchStar. Who knows what the next RV will be, but I am really wanting a short Diesel Pusher...Someday. My videos are about my life as much as I can relate to RVing. I like gadgets of all kinds. Drones, 3D printers, Technology, Cars, but above all---RV's
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Desoto County, Florida | Untold Stories
This episode of Untold Stories introduces cowboys, cowgirls, citrus growers and pickers of Desoto County, Florida. We'll learn about the fire that destroyed Arcadia, and meet some of the town's pioneer families. We find out what Saturday night downtown was all about in the 1920's and 30's And, yes, we'll head to the rodeo to learn when and how this ride'em cowboy tradition got started.
The sunshine state has a rich and colorful history. For hundreds of years the state has attracted dreamers, opportunists, inventors and fortune-seekers. WGCU's Untold Stories aims to preserve the history of Southwest Florida communities.
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Feeding the ducks in the Adirondacks
We made friends while camping at Fish Creek Pond Campgrounds in the Adirondacks in New York state USA
I-95 North from Jacksonville & Yulee Florida to Kingsland Georgia, 6 August 2016 GP025512
I-95 North from Jacksonville & Yulee Florida to Kingsland Georgia, 6 August 2016 GP025512
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Last good cup for Miles, Starbucks, Exit 363A, Airport Rd, Airport, Exit 363A, Max Leggett Parkway, 3/4 Mile, Airport, Exit 363B, Jacksonville Int'l Airport, Airport Rd, 1 Mile, Exit Only
Flea & Farmers Market, Sat & Sun, 9am - 5pm, Exit 366 - Turn Left, Pecan Park RV Resort, All Pull-Thru's
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Entering Nassau County
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Lodging - Exit 380, Florida Hotel
Agricultural Inspection 1 Mile
All Trucks - Trailers, Rented Trucks - Trailers, Commercial - Cargo Vans, Next Right
Speeding Fines Doubled When Workers Present
Agricultural Inspection Next Right, By-Pass When Flashing
Silver Honda Odyssey
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Gas - Exit 1, Shell, Pilot, BP Diesel, Chevron, Hess Diesel
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Camping Exit 1, KOA
St Marys Rd 1, Brunswick 32, Savannah 108
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Welcome to Georgia, We're Glad Georgia's On Your Mind, Governor Nathan Deal
St Marys, Kings Bay, Cumberland Island, Next 2 Exits
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U-Haul Where Will U Go Next? Moving 15,000 Locations, Your Helping Hands Along The Way
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CA 67082, Gulfport, MS, US DOT 428823, Knight Transportation, Your Hometown National Carrier
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Exit 7, Harriett's Bluff Road, Exit 1 1/4 Miles
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How To Catch GIANT Bluegills in Public Lakes
Fishing for Big Bluegills on public water this past week with Cal Haataja, Eric Haataja, and Brian Zubke. This weeks fishing video we teach you how to catch Giant pressured public water panfish. How to catch panfish. Pan fishing videos for Bluegills crappies or perch fishing shallow water Brim. Brim fishing. Shore fishing. Fishing Videos of Panfish.
Postcards From Home - Florida Ranch Tours, Part A
Visit a working cattle ranch on Florida's Treasure Coast as host Erick Gill visit Florida Ranch Tours.
Exploring in Tosohatchee WMA (Old Cowhunter's Cabin Ruins at Beehead Ranch)
This may be what remains of the old Cowhunter's cabin or bunkhouse from the Beehead Ranch. The site dates back to around 1917 and there were a few structures here including horse stalls. I found a cattle vat and corral nearby. The ranch house was moved to Fort Christmas in the 1990's. Lots of history still remains here it seems if you search around.
Camping with Dave @ Silver Springs State Park
Silver Springs State Park is one of the best in the nation. It's crowning jewel is the old Sliver Springs amusement Park, with glsss bottom boats and kayak and canoe rental,or bring your own. A wonderful camp ground with a cracker village and hands on matural history museum. Before you leave coments on how bad this video is-- I know, but Danny Dude and a green screen was all I had to work with.
Ranch Home by Southwest Florida Home Builder Daniel Wayne Homes
Traditional Cracker-style architecture by custom home builder, Daniel Wayne Homes. Visit our website:
Ukuthula Performed by The Delta Chorale #avoice4peace
The Delta Chorale from Delta State University performs the South African peace hymn Ukuthula as part of the #avoice4peace worldwide peace awareness project.