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Listen: The World ProgramVisitors at the 1930s pioneer homestead of Vincent "Trapper Nelson" Nostokovich at the Jonathan Dickinson State Park - Hobe Sound, Florida.
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Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF20
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Houses--Florida--Hobe Sound
Recreation areas--Florida--Hobe Sound
Parks--Florida--Hobe Sound
Parks--Public use
Building, Wooden--Florida--Hobe Sound
Dwellings--Florida--Hobe Sound
Park facilities--Florida--Hobe Sound
Park buildings--Florida--Hobe Sound
Public buildings--Florida--Hobe Sound
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Trapper Nelson, the famous Wildman of the Loxahatchee, slowly converted his homestead into a tourist attraction after World War II. Visitors from around the world came to see the legendary Trapper handle poisonous snakes and wrestle alligators. Folks could buy souvenirs, rent rowboats or stay overnight in one of Trapper's cabins. He spent the majority of his profits buying land at tax sales, amassing roughly 1,000 acres of the Loxahatchee riverfront and sparing much of it from development. In 1968, he was found by one of his few remaining friends lying under one of his open shelters, killed by a blast from his own shotgun.
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