Okeechobee FL
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About 6,000 people live in Okeechobee. Some Floridians also refer to the town as "Okeechobee City".
It is located at the intersections of State Road 70, US-441, US-98 and County Road 710, a couple of miles north of Lake Okeechobee.
Fishing is a main industry in the town, with catfish, bass and speckled perch being the main catches. It is also an agricultural center for Okeechobee Country.
The Speckled Perch Festival is held annually in honor of the famous Lake Okeechobee fish.
Okeechobee and other towns around Lake Okeechobee were devasted by the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane .
This hurricane was the first recorded Category Hurricane in the Atlantic, and is still one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
Many people were killed by the flooding that followed this hurricane. The low areas around the lake were enclosed within a new dike, named the Herbert Hoover Dike after the President of the United States at that time.
Other towns around Lake Okeechobee include Buckhead Ridge, Lakeport, Taylor Creek, Port Mayaca, Canal Point, Pahokee, South Bay, Belle Glade, Clewiston, Moore Haven and a few smaller places.
The eastern, southern and northern shores of Lake Okeechobee are home to many RV parks and fish camps where serious fishermen spend their days casting a line into the big waters.
Photographs of some of these Okeechobee Country places are at my Okeechobee Country Facebook album.
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