The largest private landholder in the state of Florida is giving the area a makeover.
They were land holders at last, with almost five hundred acres to their names.
The more accessible areas of the region were in the hands of large landholders.
But the first watershed has three large landholders with 1,000 ha each, while the second holds 1,000 poor landholders with 3 ha each.
They were considered less suitable landholders than sons, and less needful than widows.
Perhaps it was not until the 1770s that participating as a colonial landholder was a preferable option to further retreat from an advancing settler frontier.
The failure to prosecute landholders responsible for the violence ' may have heightened political polarization, armed conflict, and disenchantment with the government ' (p. 161).