Hollinswood Ranch Oral History Project

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Interviewer

Marilyn Polson

Publication Date

8-15-2024

Abstract

In this interview, Lee Earl Stokes describes Hollinswood Ranch and his work as a ranch hand, which includes cattle handling, haying, hunting operations, land management, and maintenance. Stokes describes his family's involvement across multiple generations, relationships with the Hollins family, and changes in ranch operations over time. The interview also records his observations of environmental change, land development, and the loss of agricultural spaces in Citrus County.

Keywords

Ranch life--Florida--Citrus County, Cattle ranches--Florida--Citrus County--History, Cowboys--Florida--History, Hunting--Florida--Citrus County--History, Prescribed buring--Florida, Land use, Rural life--Florida, Environmental change

Extent

01:24:00; 56 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Dunnellon (Fla.), Marion County (Fla.)

Language

English

Digital Date

2024

Type

Oral History

Media Type

Oral histories

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

hollinswood_ohp-1011

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