St. Johns River
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The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant for commercial and recreational use. At 310 miles long, it winds through or borders twelve counties, thre
St. Johns River near Astor
Cypress trees in the Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area showing dark water marks on the flared trunks, evidence of water level flux
The St. Johns immediately south of Sanford shows a narrow channel with large areas of aquatic plants and wetlands.
St. Johns River near Blue Spring State Park showing more distinct banks and trees instead of marshes
Florida cracker
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Florida crackers are the descendants of colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in what is now the U.S. state of Florida, and a subculture of White Southerners. The first crackers arrived in 17
St. Johns River
…banks of the St. Johns have been populated by Archaic people, Timucua, Mocama, French, Spanish, and British settlers, Seminoles, slaves and freemen, Florida crackers, land developers, tourists, and retirees. The river has been the subject of William Bartram's journals, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' books, and Harriet…
Remington a bit of cow country
A Cracker Cowboy (1895) by Frederic Remington, illustrating cracker Bone Mizell (1863–1921)