Want to read Kindle Unlimited $0.00 Rate this book Kissimmee: Gateway to the Kissimmee River Valley by Jim Robinson , Osceola County Historical SocietyKissimmee, Florida traces its name to the Jororo tribe, among the first to settle along the river valley. Riverboat captains, entrepreneurs, and speculators found Kissimmee and nearby Lake Tohopekaliga irresistible, and soon settlers followed. The 1880s marked this city's first brush with tourism, as the Tropical Hotel became the largest resort hotel south of Jacksonville. As the cattle town struggled to survive floods, the Depression, and downtown