My View From The Saddle by Dry Creek America’s First Frontier creator Les Mc Dowell What a great time Dry Creek had at the Florida State Fair this year. We were asked to be a major part of the Agriculture Hall Of Fame display. So as you walked into the Hall Of Fame building there was Dry Creek up on a big TV set. We filmed a segment from the Dry Creek set in Parrish, Florida, using the cast of Dry Creek. We welcomed Fair goers into the Agriculture Hall Of Fame building and pointed out many things they would see there. Then the cast of Dry Creek spent one afternoon meeting and greeting folks and entertaining the crowd. What a great day. We all walked away from this with a whole different understanding of Florida History and Agriculture in Florida. I must admit I walked away with a sense of pride. Being raised in Southern California, I thought Florida was just Disney World and Universal Studios. It’s sad but that is how the rest of America still sees us. The truth is that Florida Agriculture is the main money maker in the great state of Florida. Boy were my eyes opened! It all started a few months ago when I was traveling toward Orlando on Interstate Four and looked over at a lone man riding a horse gathering cattle in a field. From the fast lane and just seconds to see him before I zoomed past I felt a tug at my heart. My heart said, “He is what Florida is all about”. I saw in just a quick few seconds a Cow Hunter. That Cracker horse he rode goes back to the early 1500’s and his blood was here way before any other horse came to America. Stories of Bone Mizell the colorful Cow Hunter flooded my mind. My heart said, “This story has to be told.” So comes the second season of Dry Creek. Only this year the true real Florida story will be told. So was born Dry Creek, America’s First Frontier. The first season we were on Dish Network with 14.3 million homes. In the second season, we will be on Dish and Direct Network with over 50 million homes. Stay tuned for channels and times in your area. So if you find yourself zooming in the fast lane glance off to the disappearing fields. In those fields you’ll see the great men and women, horses and cattle, that is what Florida is really all about. I bet you’ll feel your chest filling with pride and a tug at your heart.
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