Along rural County Road 320 in Marion County, Florida, you will encounter the township of Shiloh and a number of 'pioneer farms' (a designation given by the Florida State Department of Agriculture to families that have maintained continuous ownership of their farms for 100+ years). The area is incredibly scenic and the location of this cache has been carefully chosen to give you the opportunity to experience some Florida history firsthand.
Within sight of Ground Zero are three old Florida "cracker houses", uninhabited for a number of years now, but maintained and quite interesting.
In its simplest form, a Cracker house is a wooden shelter built by the early Florida and Georgia settlers. Lured to Florida by cheap and plentiful land, these pioneers arrived with few provisions and needed to erect shelter quickly and cheaply. The brush provided abundant supplies of cedar and cypress. Rocks or bricks made of oyster shell and lime served as pilings to keep the shelters off the ground. A wide shade porch wasn't just an embellishment. In pre-air-conditioned Florida, the porches provided relief from the relentless sun.
The Florida Cooperative Extension Service notes the energy efficiency of the style it calls "Florida Vernacular:" Site orientation for shade, wide, covered porches, crawl spaces beneath the homes for ventilation, and windows that took advantage of cross breezes. Floor cracks "helped with house cleaning, and raised first floor was used to keep hounds (hunting) and chickens (food), which in turn provided service of consuming fleas and other pests," according to an extension publication on energy efficiency.
Enjoy this scenic historical location and good luck with the cache. It is a roadside park-and-grab and you are looking for a large camouflaged plastic container.