{"id":304,"date":"2017-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes-2\/?article=flossie-bell--cracker-cow-from-the-great-florida-c"},"modified":"2019-09-03T16:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T20:02:03","slug":"flossie-bell-cracker-cow-from-the-great-florida-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2017-02-10\/flossie-bell-cracker-cow-from-the-great-florida-c\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Flossie Bell &#8211; Cracker Cow&#8221;\u009d- from the Great Florida Cattle Drive: Unbroken Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ra8zbTwn7p4\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"923\" height=\"551\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Flossie Bell is one of the many travelers who took part in the Great Florida Cattle Drive. She\u2019s not one of the riders, she is one of the cows.&nbsp; Flossie is featured in the upcoming documentary: The Great Florida Cattle Drive: Unbroken Circles by Elam and Nic Stoltzfus. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video, they introduced us to this queen of cattle in an extended preview from the film.&nbsp; Cattle Rancher John Lipe tells how young Flossie first became a participant in the cattle drive.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1995 she went on that drive as a about a 2-year-old heifer,\u201d said Lipe.&nbsp; \u201cThey had another drive in 06 and she was busy having calves then. We let her stay home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ten years after that, came another chance to take part in the 50-mile trek.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhen they had the one in \u201816, I had her and I said, you know, I think I\u2019ll take that old cow,\u201d said Lipe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rancher put a bell around Flossie\u2019s neck so she would be easy to recognized and put her in the drive as kind of a novelty.&nbsp; Lipe says she proved she was in good shape.&nbsp; \u201cShe made every step of the way. Never had a minute\u2019s trouble. She is a good old tough cow.\u201d Lipe says fondly.&nbsp; He says cracker cattle genetics are the key, \u201cThey have been developed over 400 years without man\u2019s interference too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cracker cattle are descended from cattle brought over to Florida by the Spanish after Ponce de Leon first explore the region in 1513.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lipe says that heritage is part of why he enjoys the drive.&nbsp; \u201cTo be able to have these cattle in close proximity to where the cattle industry started, according to history, in the United States of America. It makes you feel good.\u201d&nbsp; Lipe continues, \u201cThey\u2019re supposedly the first cattle that came to the country. To be part of it, and, especially, to preserve some of the heritage of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lipe says people keep asking him if he and Flossie are going to take part in the next cattle drive planned for 2021.&nbsp; \u201cFlossie and I will be there. She may have to ride in a trailer and I may have to ride on a jazzie or hover-round or something, but we\u2019ll be there if we\u2019re able.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be able to see more of Flossie Bell and the rest of the Cracker Cattle Herd in the premiere of \u201cThe Great Florida Cattle Drive: Unbroken Circles.\u201d&nbsp; The film debuts on WFSU-TV on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 9pm ET.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flossie Bell is one of the many travelers who took part in the Great Florida Cattle Drive. 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