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 10 DARC geocaches will receive a traceable, special edition geocoin produced specifically for the DARC geotrail.
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
Image courtesy of the State Library and Archives of Florida
You will be seeking a small official Geocache container. The clue to the code word is written on the first page of the log book. The correct answer to the clue is the code word for this cache. There is an entrance fee to enter the park. Hours are 8 AM to sundown and is open year round.
The original settlement in St. Joseph lasted only nine years, but was a boomtown when it was founded in 1835 and competed with Apalachicola as a Gulf Coast trading port. During its short life, the city was selected over Tallahassee to host Florida's first State Constitution Convention. The museum, which sits on a portion of the park's 12 acres, commemorates the work of the 56 territorial delegates who drafted Florida's first constitution in 1838. Following four more constitution conventions, Florida was finally admitted to the Union in 1845 as the 27th state. Visitors can take a self-guided tour through displays and exhibits of the era. A replicated convention hall takes visitors into the debate of delegates Robert Raymond Reid, William P. Duvall, David Y. Levy and Thomas L Baltzell. These life-size, audio-animated mannequins bring a realistic demonstration of the debate and process of drafting a state constitution.
Thanks to Phil of the FGA and the Gulf Coast Geocachers for hiding this cache!