Peter Raulerson
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
Marker Inscription
Peter Raulerson City of Okeechobee Mayor 1915-1916
Erected by Florida Department of State
The Story
Peter Raulerson was among the pioneer settlers of the Lake Okeechobee frontier, and this marker honors his service as mayor of the newly organized City of Okeechobee in 1915-1916. The town took shape in the early twentieth century as the Florida East Coast Railroad pushed south, opening the rich lands north of the great lake to cattle ranching, fishing, and farming. Serving in the city's first years of incorporated government, Raulerson helped steer a raw frontier settlement into an organized municipality.
Why it matters
The marker preserves the memory of the local pioneers who built civic life on Florida's inland frontier, a reminder that the state's history reaches well beyond its coastal resorts into the ranching and lake country of its interior.
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