Buttram Ranch, Florida

Buttram Ranch (originally called Pat Buttram's Ranch Land) is a town located in Buttram Ranch County (now known as Sarasota, Collier, Osceola and Polk counties) in west central Florida. The town originated from now what is called Sarasota in 1486.

County name change took effect
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Florida, 1512 ]] The county name had its fame. Eventually, River Ranch County was now Buttram Ranch County in 1512. The county surrounded parts of Sarasota, Polk and Collier counties.

The Founding of Buttram Ranch
Buttram Ranch was founded in April 17th, 1540 by William Harrington Maxwell Buttram. William named this part of Florida Buttram Ranch  to celebrate the passing of Elizabeth Annabelle Buttram (1452 - April 10th, 1540), who died of fatal emphysema.

Surprisingly, the Buttram brothers (William Frederick Maxwell Buttram and Geoffrey Dean Harland Buttram) once settled this town as a place for the Buttram family.

The Separation of Buttram Ranch County
The separation took place in upper Buttram Ranch County.

Some of the family's relatives were killed because of suicide. At that time, Buttram Ranch County had to be separated. So, Polk County took some of the land off of Buttram Ranch County, and in 1753 the separation had finished. Sadly, in 1782, William Buttram died of cancer and typhoid fever in Sarasota.

The Establishment of Buttram Ranch
Just before the establishment of Buttram Ranch, they builded a teepee-filled resting place called the Buttram Ranch Inn. The resting place became a teepee-filled inn for visitors alike. It was operated by Howard Forrest Buttram in 1825. With that, the establishment of Buttram Ranch now took in effect on March 10th, 1840.

However, renovations went in effect on May 1853, with 2 more teepee inns, 10 cabins, and 20 houses. Soon, a teepee-filled resting place of Buttram Ranch Inn became more of a resort. In fact, it became more of a resort that on September 19th, 1902 the name was changed to ''Buttram Ranch Inn & Cabins. ''Unfortunately, Howard Forrest Buttram died in December of 1903 because of kidney failure. The resort became property of Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ franchise in 1963 but somehow dropped the charges and then in 1972, it was affiliated by Westgate Resorts. Today, people still go to Buttram Ranch Inn & Cabins whenever they feel like it.

Fun Fact

 * The Buttram Ranch Inn hadn't had an affiliation until in 1963.
 * Buttram Ranch is actually River Ranch, a town in Florida.