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Red Larson

the dean of Florida dairying

Person class
founding or core member
Placed at
1947: first documented activity
Place
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County
District
Okeechobee
Status as of 12 September 2026
Died 17 July 2020; Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame, 1981.
Connections
1 edges, 1 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.000 (rank 156 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.000 (rank 121) · outside share 0.00
Confidence
High · sources: [FDF] [COWS] [AGHOFL] (register)

Louis Red Larson begins dairy work in 1942 at two dollars a day, founds his first dairy in 1947 and builds the state's leading dairy family, serving on the USDA Dairy Advisory Committee in the Kennedy and Johnson years [FDF][COWS][AGHOFL].

Connections

Location and lineage

  • foundedLarson Dairyfounds the first dairy with his wife Reda1947