The Famous Suwannee River

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The Suwannee River Cracker Homestead is a world class property with 6,000+/- feet of high banked river frontage and no wetlands.

The Suwannee River is the quintessential southern river. In fact, it is one of the major undammed rivers in the southeastern United States. Stephen F. Foster immortalized the river with what is now the State Song of Florida. With its formation in the Okefenokee National Refuge and free flowing through a myriad of ecosystems for over 246 miles to Cedar Key, this is also one of the purest rivers in the southeast. As such, its preservation is one of the major interests of conservation groups and federal and state governments. Today, this area of the Suwannee River is one of the most protected natural areas in the southeast and this area has one of the largest concentrations of conservation areas, parks, National Forests and preserved lands in the country.

The fishing is excellent and due to limited public access, others are rarely seen. The entire adjacent river frontage from the Cracker Homestead is state lands. Almost all signs of civilization are completely absent.

Florida's first tourist attraction was located upstream from the property at White Sulphur Springs. Between the purifying spring and the shoals, this area was the epicenter for ecotourism and by the late 1800's there were 14 hotels and a private train taking such notable tourists as Henry Ford and Theodore Roosevelt to enjoy the area's natural resources. Today, the hotels are gone and the bathing tourists have been replaced by nature lovers and those on canoes and kayaks. Closer to the Cracker Homestead, one finds remnants of the old trail that was used to travel using the river as a guide and resource on the journey between Pensacola and St Augustine.

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