I visited Cracker Country as a child on a field trip, maybe around 2008. I have never been happier than I was that day. They showed us how to churn our own butter, and I have not gone a day since then without thinking about the butter I consumed on that field trip. It was the most magnificent, godly experience I have ever had. I am begging you, please continue to churn butter for the school children who visit you. Bless them with the same beautiful butter that I devoured and have never stopped thinking about. I hope you still make fresh butter so that I can one day return and relive the feeling of absolute bliss I experienced that day. I am forever grateful, Cracker Country. 5 starts.

Super great place for a field trip. I went to a similar place as a child at Stone Mountain, in Georgia. It definitely brought back memories. The staff were all funny and super friendly. The kiddos had a fabulous time.The kids were able to make a candle for themselves and a rope for the class. It was great for the kiddos to see how things were done a long time ago.

Very cool and historic place to see. Great for kids.

I volunteered here for two years during the statefair and Chrismas time. I really enjoyed speaking with guests about the one room school house since my grandmother used to work as a teacher in a one room school house up north. Im also a teacher so its very intriguing to discuss the differences and similarities in schools then vs now. Im moving out of state and Im really going to miss Jennifer (head of the volunteer program) and the rest of the staff and other volunteers. I also loved the garden, it was so well kept and beautiful! It was a great experience.

Excellent place to take the family for the afternoon. Very educational and fun. Will be back again.

Awesome place top table youre kids. Mine had a blast and left with new knowledge. The children absolutely loved making their own rope and candle. Huge plus is It is very affordable!

Very cool and historic place to see. Great for kids. Learn how to make rope, candles, buy grits, soap, spices... overall well worth the visit if you are in the area.

Fantastic, hands-on experience of Florida History. Candle dipping, rope-making, working printing press and so much more. Check the website and plan for their next open day. Well worth it!

Such a great time. I love that the candles are made out of beeswax. My son actually found (and aimed for) a bee!

I read the book A Land Remembered and was told to come visit Cracker Country at the Florida State Fair. It was a great glimpse into the paste for the state of Florida. The people were all dressed in 1800s attire and were busy doing things from that time period. A good time.

What a fun experience! Came during the Florida State Fair and went away with a new fascination with the Cracker people and some delicious kettle corn!

Went on a field trip with one of my daughters classes, its kind of a local elementary school right of passage to go to Cracker Country. Its very nice, well shaded, actors dressed to period explaining the way of life back then. You can help make rope, churn butter, and make candles. They have a small general store. I really enjoyed myself and cant wait for my next kids field trip.

Very informative! Craft exhibits were nice to view. Great for field trips!

What an amazing testament to how Americans have strived. Each building is from the 1800s and still standing, beautiful craftsmanship. We had a great time here.

This is truly one of my favorite places to go. I always learn something new and see something interesting. Yesterday it was a lady playing hammered dulcimer accompanied by guitar, beautiful.

Great way to show kids what life was like in the 1800s. Fun, guided tour where we made candles, ropes, printed post cards and churned butter!

One of my favorite things to do at the Florida State Fair.

Fun little mock village where kids can see how things used to be in the old days. Our guide was so great- I wish I remembered his name- but he was very patient with the kids in our field trip group. I really took note of his patience and the way he spoke to the kids in such a respectful way.The kids got to churn butter and make candlesticks! Each class got a newly spun rope to take home. They have a pretty amazing miniature train set up. Its a really cool field trip experience. I like it during the state fair, too, because they have kettle corn and sugar cane for sale.The indoor buildings are really hot and theres no air conditioning anywhere, so be prepared if youre coming here for a field trip.

Amazing flashbacks into a simpler time. Very educational.

Great place for children and adults to learn information about Florida, also how times have changed.

Educational and entertaining for all members of the family. If you are willing to probe and question, most of the volunteers were very helpful!!

Very nice!! Wished we had more time to explore this during our visit!!

This is a great educational experience. Very fun for all ages

Horse enthusiasts will enjoy the riding at the Crescent J Ranch. Lots of wildlife to observe on the ride with wranglers who are knowledgeable about flora, fauna, bugs, and creatures. Lunch at the ranch was also very tasty and a welcome stop after the ride. Horses were well cared for, trained, and appropriate safety measures were enforced. Thumbs up!

Had so much fun here. Great place to rest after riding so many rides and drinking soda constantly.

This is a great little outdoor museum that tells of Florida country like in the olden days. A nice place to spend an afternoon. There are several activities for kids like candle and rope making. Its a nice little slice of history!

Huge! Love this place. Staff is very knowledgeable and politely explained how things were made and used in early Florida

I was pleasantly surprised by all the artifacts that they had assembled in this museum. A $2 entrance fee was a fair price for all there was to see and learn about the area. Been to the area in the winter for years and never made it over to see it. Glad I finally took the plunge. Well worth the visit and knowledge that was gained in the process. Very friendly and knowledgeable woman that ran the museum.

Nice to see history and how far we have come. Maryann in the hall is very educated on all the pictures.

This is such a fun place to go. The folks doing the reenactments are friendly and full of info about this era in history. Very interactive exhibits and a really fun general store aka gift shop. The kids love it.

Great place to actually see old Florida history in person. I could spend an extra couple of hours with a more detailed tour. I would love to hear or read more about the history of the buildings and just learn about the history of this city and state. The food or snacks were delicious - yes even with the State Fair up and running. Best beef jerky by far was in Cracker Country. Animals would be an interesting addition to have there like a cow or pig...?

A great educational place to visit. It shows life back in the day when there was no electricity, running water and the history on how the expression Florida cracker came to be.

We stumbled across this attraction when we visited the fairgrounds aiming to see a poultry show. This was a great surprise which was cast in a very nostalgic historical setting. We learned history from the various cast of characters who were actually living in the life style reminiscent of old Florida history books. The people were extremely nice, talented at various crafts, generous with their time, and willing to field any questions. The area was very clean, peaceful, and is one of the most relished memory of our trip.

Fun place to visit. Very informative and I love how everyone dresses the era! We went in every house and was pleasantly greeted by everyone. Fun for the kids too. They all get a kazoo if they participate in the sing along. Fun times!

Had a great time visiting during Smithsonian museum day. It was free family fun with great historical significance. Would recommend visiting.

Went on a field trip with my childs school and we enjoyed it so much we had to go back and bring our other daughter for the Christmas event.

Very well presented. It was a great insight into our past!

Very informative trip. The kids learned hands on and had a blast. The employees were very helpful.

My daughter came here on a field trip in which I was chaperoning. I love that the children get to learn history and see it and relive it. I would say the experience was alright. I didn’t like how some of the people there treated the children. Some of the children got screamed at and I don’t think its fair to treat other peoples children that way. Also everything seemed rushed some kids couldn’t properly finish some stations due to moving to the next station. Why pay for something they rush you through it then some kids might not get an opportunity to get a turn.

Love the fair and old time Florida Cracker Country

This is a great place to learn what life was like just a hundred years ago. You step back in time and learn about the hardships and yet symplicity of life. A time before electricity, chain grocery stores, technologically-advanced schools, and suburban sprawl. A time when homes had their own gardens and crops, your closest neighbor was a couple miles away, and you bartered with neighbors for the things that you needed.This mock town is comprised of actual buildings built 100 years ago and now relocated from various parts of the state to this one town to share what life used to be like. The grounds are immaculate and all the buildings have been very well-preserved. Visitors are taken into the town in groups and led by a tour guide. My group had the distinct pleasure of being led by Ms. Clara. Ms. Clara will tell you that she is 85 years young, and she actually grew up during this time in history, so she gave us a first-hand view about life back then. She was a delightful tour guide and it was so interesting to hear her personal accounts. If you visit cracker country, I definitely recommend asking to be in Miss Claras group.

Kids loved the place and so did we as they kept busy.

Had fun making candles and ropes. Got to print a postcard and make decorations for our tree.

A quick trip into the past on how people lived in Florida in the last 1890s. Attended as a field trip and the kids got to churn butter, make candles, and twist a rope.

Went to festival. Was a neat place had great day

Great experience back in time. My family and I learned a lot and look forward to visiting again.

We go to Cracker Country every year from Tennessee when I visit the Florida State Fair, great excellent historic place to visit... Relax under the limbs of the trees with spanish moss hanging down to relive the simpler times & get great items of lye, soap, jerky, baskets, spices, wood craved & blacksmith made items etc... Beautiful restored buildings Railroad Depot, Post Office General Store, Church, Farm Houses, Sorghum Mill etc... Great people dressed in the period make it a most excellent experience of early Florida Cracker cattle area farm / town life... Greatly recommend visiting there, you will not be disappointed.....

Learned a lot about Florida’s history and agriculture. So Many fun activities to do! Great for kids and adults! Staff was very friendly too!

Cracker Country has always been a favorite of mine! We go every year to the fair, specifically for it. Love the rope making, butter making, and candle making. The same 2 guys that have been doing the rope have literally been there for atleast 15 years. I have pictures of me as a little girl with them and new pictures from this year! It’s definitely worth seeing.

Love the shade and the history so fun.

Great place for kids to learn our past experience first hand the town comes alive with all character acting their parts

Very fun for our kids. Learn the history of Florida.School groups.Free parking.

Great place to step back in time.

Great place very old timey

I love going to cracker country and see all the historical buildings. Its a great place to bring the kids. They also have a special event at Christmas time.

Should bring old ribs back. I will eat ribs there any more

Very fun and interactive place for kids.

This place was so much fun. Its very educational as well. I would recommend it to adults and children alike.

I have been to Cracker Country many times and I learn something new every time, the volunteers who sit in the buildings are very knowledgeable. Great place to listen to some bluegrass and pick up some hand made goodies.

Love the Country Folk band and all the buildings

Really great place to visit. Learned alot and had fun. The people were dressed in the time frame and told you about each location and the history and had hands on stuff to show you how everything worked. Was nice

Great experience for the kids. Really well done.

Great field trip for the kids. Really neat information and experiences like candlemaking, ropemaking, etc. Was disappointing that some things were closed and our tour didnt have time to see all of the stops. Some stops had great historical or practical lessons, some lacked that a bit. Overall it was a great trip and wed visit again as well as recommend it to others.

This attraction is entertaining and informative.

Paradise on earth. Step back in time at this wonderful place. Great staff. Very educational!

Without a doubt, one of our favorite spots at the State Fair. Live music, interactive exhibits and various museum buildings make for quite an experience. Be sure to set a few hours aside to soak in Cracker Country the next time you come to the Florida State Fair. A+ #TGBATG

Very interesting place, loved seeing the donkey and the horses. The old buildings make for a good photo and the big trees draw a nice shade and relaxing environment.

I work at (FSFA)Florida State Fair Authority, and I believe that everything/anything associated with Fair Authority is top notch indeed !!!!!!!!

Had a good time, watched wood carving, blacksmith, old houses, stores.

Many educational sites. Actors are very nice and informing. The items sold are beautifully handmade.

Super old world fun.

Love to step back in time and revisit what life was like in the yesteryears of Florida. It never gets old!

Very cool place. Learn alot about how people used to live in Florida 100+ years ago. Great place to bring the kids for a day.

I love the homey feeling I get at Cracker Barrel and the food never disappoints. I especially like our local one.

Neat to see old Florida, eat some pork rinds and have some lemonade

Always a nice stroll thru at the fair..

Went as a chaperone on a field trip. Not impressed. and really didnt learn anything interesting.

So much fun. So educational.

We went on a field trip with the school and it was great! Even I learned something new. The kids made a candle, made a rope, churned real butter, washed laundry, got to see how soap was madeand more. Ourguide was awesome and very knowledgeable!

It was easy to get around and very interesting. Exhibits are explained as to how they work and why. The $8.00 parking fee being cash only was a surprise, (i expected to pay for parking) fortunately I had some cash with me.

Great place to learn about our culture

Great place to take a break from the fair rides. Lots of cool history.

Great Western look and feel

Very interesting and historic.

The Caribbean festival held here was really nice

Love cracker country at Florida State Fair..Go every year and always see several shows of Southern Express Bluegrass Band..

This is not a great educational place there is a video circulating the internet with a tour guide that works there that has a whip flinging it at a black child. Horrible place and that man should be fired. Whip cracking? A mess. do NOT bring your children here

Cracker country is a living history museum. It has original buildings dating from 1870-1912 that were relocated from around the state of Florida. Costumed interpreters portray daily living as Florida pioneers. Florida crackers were people who migrated from the North and settled in the harsh Florida wilderness. The cracker cowboys herded cattle with the crack of their whips. They did not actually hit the cattle, rather made a loud pop with their whips that could be heard across long distances; and that is where the term Florida cracker comes from. Among some Floridians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description. Since the huge influx of new residents into Florida in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the term Florida Cracker is used informally by some Floridians to indicate that their families have lived in the state for many generations. It is considered a source of pride to be descended from frontier people who did not just live but flourished in a time before air conditioning, mosquito repellent, and screens.

Cracker Country is located on the Florida State Fair Grounds. Thats when most people visit it. School children visit it through out the school year on field trips. It has relocated old Florida buildings such as a one room school house, a church (including graveyard with headstones from the 1800s), a model train museum, a general store (that sells actual goods) and similar. They also have the opportunity to make a candle or make a rope. You can see how sugar cane is turned into a syrup using mules and a mill. There are vendors that fit the theme, i.e., soap, beeswax candles, shaving soap and brushes, pine straw and palm woven into baskets, an iron worker, along with food items such as pork rinds, kettle corn, hand squeezed lemonade. Its a relaxing break under the giant oak trees from the balance of the State Fair and the junk food extravaganza (deep fried stick of butter anyone?) and carnies screaming at you to part with your money.

Fun old town.

Pretty cool surreal experience, like stepping into the past

Very nice museum of what florida looked like in the old days the actors are very good!

I have always loved Cracker Country. Great piece of Florida history, highly recommended for any fan of history or Florida. Very educational and knowledgeable staff in period clothing

Great place to learn about Florida history for adults and children. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Reasonable prices for admission and souvenirs.

Old Florida, and they are authentic buildings move to the site, you must experience.

Always one of our favorite places

The kids are so happy!

Very interesting things you learn from things in the past. Even my youngest daughter loved it, that she wants to go back.

I loved it so neat looking back to the old days. Will be going back in the future.

:) Nice and shady. :) Love the trees. :)