Pioneer boatman tells of Okeechobee boats & skippers
Entry/Object ID
Library.260
Description
165, [1] p. Illus., maps., ports. 22 cm.
The wet tail boats are a legend in Okeechobee history. Without them much of the farming area around the lake might still be wilderness. The pioneers came by water at least 50 years before roads or even trails. People arrived by train in Kissimmee and then traveled by smokeboats to Lake Okeechobee.
"Sources" : p. 166.