West Central Florida Land Use Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Bill Mansfield
Publication Date
2-5-2008
Date
2007-06-26
Abstract
Kenneth McClain, a rancher and a millwright, talks about the challenges of being a cow-calf cattleman who leases land in the Manatee County area. He specifically discusses land use by cattle men, leasing land for ranching, land owners selling land that ranchers are leasing, moving cattle, pasture maintenance, the beef cattle industry, developers and greed, rural development in Parrish Florida, and the migration of Florida farmers to Tennessee. He also discusses the history of land leasing in Florida.
Keywords
Rural land use, Ranching, Leases
Extent
00:43:53; 20 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Manatee County (Fla.)
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
W34-00010
Disciplines
History | Oral History | Other History
Recommended Citation
McClain, Kenneth, "Kenneth McClain Oral History Interview" (2008). West Central Florida Land Use Oral History Project. 9.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/west_florida_land_use_ohp/9
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