First thoughts of the Sunshine State lead toward tourism and Disney World, rocket launches and beautiful tropical beaches. Under this thin veneer lies a state that ranks 15th in the nation when it comes to cattle industry production. By the 1800s, when the railways moved in, Florida's roots took hold in agriculture.
In the early 1900s the Tosohatchee Ranch company worked the land in east Orange County. Tootoosahatchee is a Seminole and Creek Indian name meaning Chicken Creek. The Beehead Ranch home, shown here, was built to house the ranch foreman and his family. The cracker style home was built in an area covered in live oaks. Native honey bees built their hives in the live oak hollows. A cracker term for a group of trees is head, hence the Beehead name was coined.