Punta Rassa cattle trade

Spanish gold for Heartland cattle

Held

1835 to 1900

Placed at

1835: first documented year on the map; founding year not recorded

Place

Punta Rassa, Lee County

District

Outside the Heartland

Status as of 12 September 2026

Historical; commemorated by the Cracker Trail ride.

Connections

2 edges, 2 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.006 (rank 110 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.005 (rank 68) · outside share 0.00

Confidence

Medium · sources: [FLMR] [WHEN] (register)

From the 1830s cattle ports at Tampa, Punta Gorda and Punta Rassa ship the interior's herds to Cuba; drives from the prairies of the future Heartland are paid in Spanish gold in the post war decades [FLMR]. The event enters at the era of the documented drives [WHEN].

Connections

Location and lineage

• holdsFrancis Asbury Hendryprincipal shipper of the Cuba cattle trade1860s to 1890s
• grew intoFlorida Cracker Trail ridethe modern ride reenacts the drive corridor; the trail wins Community Millennium Trail designation on 20 November 2000by 2000