Discover your Florida history through museums and archaeological
sites in this unique
Geocaches have been hidden at several participating sites arcross
Northwest Florida. All the sites on this geotrail are
connected to Florida archaeology and are featured in
the Road Trip Through Florida
Archaeology exhibit at the Destination Archaeology
Resource Center in
Pensacola, FL. The first 300 participants to locate at least 12
DARC geocaches will receive a traceable, special edition geocoin
produced specifically for the DARC
geotrail.
WESLEY HOUSE
Photograph courtesy of the State of Florida
Archives.
You will be seeking a small official
Geocache container. There is a clue to the code word written on the
first page of the log book. The correct answer to this clue is the
code word for this cache. There is a parking fee to enter this
park.
The focal point of this
161-acre park is the beautifully renovated, two-story Wesley house
with its elegant white columns and wrap-around porch. The
moss-draped live oaks and ornamental gardens inspire visions of
hoop skirts and landed gentry. Named after a wealthy Florida timber
family, the park is part of the family's estate. In 1963, Lois
Maxon bought and renovated the home, creating a showplace for her
family heirlooms and antiques. The house holds the second largest
known collection of Louis XVI furniture in the United States.
Visitors can also take a stroll along the grounds and enjoy the
picnic area.
Thanks to Phil of the
Florida Geocaching
Association & Gulf
Coast Geocachers, and Mebane and Elizabeth of the Florida State
Parks for helping hide this cache!