Where the Swallowtail Kite Soars - The Legacies of Glades County, Florida and The Vanishing Wilderness - Nancy Dale

Palmdale, a remote town in Glades County, population less than 1,000, is on the curb of creeping urbanization. Today, more people than Palmdale's entire population are moving into Florida each day.The pioneer culture and Florida's last wilderness is threatened by growth that exploits \blue gold\ water and the land. The sprawling ranches set amidst tall cabbage palm prairies are disappearing. The cost to stay is more than the price to sell with high inheritance taxes and the evaporation of a cattle..