It wasn't very wide there anyway. The Lewis story leads to one of Bone Mizell's specialties, cattle rustling. Their home range was just across the water. Along the river, good grass grew all the way down to Woodstock. Got so bad, Dad got rid of the cows up there.
Cattle stealing is as old as the industry itself, going back to when Spain owned Florida.
Georgia crackers stole from Indians and Spanish. The Indians had a lot of cattle. Those Georgia rogues would go that far during Spanish rule. Tending the cattle kept Mr. Davis and his family busy. Along with his fellow Florida cattlemen he battled the Texas fever tick, prevalent in the late 1920's and early 1930's.