Ranchers started coming to the eastern edge of Collier County in the late 1800s. Farmers came next. Both were looking for the same thing: high, dry land on which to start a life. Immokalee had ...

NEELYVILLE — Zach Talbott’s family started farming their land in Neelyville in one capacity or another during the late 1800s ... from U.S. farms and Missouri farmers. Talbott primarily ...

Throughout the nineteenth century, the United States had been mostly a nation of farmers, who lived in the ... than the rural population. As the 1800s wore on, more and more Americans moved ...