Welcome to the Hodgston Water Mill cache. The Mill was built in 1897 by master millwright Alva Hodgson. It's oficially registered in the National Register of Historic Places.
At the Mill you will be looking for a "pre-form" container (looks like a big test tube) hidden between a rock and a hard place. Please bring your own pen. I'd recommend a flashlight too since you will be looking in a rock hole. Shouldn't be too hard, but use the hint if you need it. You are welcome to look for the cache and come in the mill during normal business hours which are Monday thru Saturday from 10am till 5pm, and on Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. These are the only hours the cache is accessible since this is a gated area. The owner of the property asks you respect these hours for your hunt.
Enjoy the sights around the Mill and be sure to visit the inside where you will see the antique workings of the mill and the products it once produced. If possible take a picture of the mill with you in the scene and post it with your log.
Built in 1861 to harness the power of a massive spring flowing into Bryant Creek and rebuilt in 1897, the tall, three-story frame building nestles against a bluff of the Bryant. Though the mill no longer grinds grain, it still houses the old milling machinery. (The nationally distributed line of stone-ground bakery products bearing the Hodgson name is now produced at a modern mill in nearby Gainesville.)
Issuing from the bluff under the mill building, the spring is still picturesque. It nourishes native ferns and mosses clinging to crevices in the sheer rock wall. Some of the water is diverted to the mill pond, where watercress and other marine plants thrive. Inside the mill building, an opening to a cave in the face of the bluff provides natural air conditioning.
Special thanks to Jean and Hank, the owners of the mill, for allowing this cache to be placed on their property.