Whip maker, the sign says. The driveway of the fire-engine-red house on Lake Gertie Road in DeLand leads back to a garage workshop, where the old whip maker himself is surrounded by cow whips and the ...

When thinking about cattle history, what usually comes to mind can range from the Wild West to the artwork of Fredric Remington (1861-1909), but rarely do most folks think of Florida. In reality, the ...

The secret is in the crack. You never actually hit the cattle with your cow whip _ not if you're a real cow herder. The loud snap, like a shot from a gun, is enough to scare the critters into order.

Some people are so attuned to the sound of a cow whip cracking in the air that they know who's doing the cracking without seeing them, said Diane Ross, a self-described cracker cowgirl and St. Johns ...

You may be surprised to learn that there are places in the world where people argue over milk cows. I have lived among farmers who used to argue about their cars and their cows. The cows mattered most ...

“Do you think President Grant will be reelected?” the visitor asks the man in homespun. “You mean Useless S. Grant?” he harrumphs, taking another swig of coffee out of a tin cup. “We don’t think much ...