FCT-3 The smell of Sulphur Traditional Cache
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FCT-3 The smell of Sulphur
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You are looking for a pill bottle in a Sable Palm Tree. Just behind the Pioneer Restaurant.
The Florida Cracker Trail Ride includes experienced and not so experienced riders who want to travel the legendary 1800’s cattle trail that “cow hunters” used to herd thousands of head to market destined for shipment north out of Fort Pierce and Punta Rassa, south of Fort Myers which was the other coastal market where “cow hunters” loaded herds onto paddle boats for Cuba to replenish the beef supply after the Spanish American War in 1898.
The ride begins at a site just east of Bradenton, Florida and ends in Fort Pierce, Florida. The week-long ride is approximately 110 miles long, riding an average of 15 miles each day, sometimes more, sometimes less.
On November 20, 2000, the Florida Cracker Trail was selected as a Community Millennium Trail. Millennium Trails is a partnership between the White House Millennium Council, the Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the National Endowment for the Arts and other public agencies and private organizations. The goal of Millennium trails is the creation of a nationwide network of trails that protect natural environment, interpret history and culture, and enhance alternative transportation, recreation and tourism.
We are inviting you to travel this historic trail that the early Florida pioneers traveled out of necessity. Along the trail you will learn about some of the pioneers and find some interesting caches along the way. If you’re up for the challenge come ride the cracker trail with us.
As you begin day 3 of your ride, Im sure you will be happy to find a booming city along the way. Zolfo Springs has a bit of everything, well as long as you don't need much. They can offer you a lot of history at the museum, a zoo, and then there is the famous Pioneer Restaurant to grab a bite to eat. Im sure this will be a welcome find after your experience with "White Lightening"!
In the 1800s, the town of Zolfo Springs was originally bestowed with the name “Zolfo” when Italian and Spanish phosphate dredging crews discovered an artesian well on the Peace River that smelled strongly of sulphur. The Italians, thus, named the area after the Italian word for “sulphur” or “Zolfo.” As the settlement around the phosphate industry began to grow, Florida Southern Railroad established a train depot and post office to expand commerce. In 1904, the town fathers incorporated the settlement with a new name, “Zolfo Springs.” In 1913, the City council undertook a project to harness the abundant flow of water from the artesian springs and hired Tampa engineers, for a price of $1,600, to drill 465 feet into the ground until they struck a water spout that soared some 12 feet into the sky. Zolfo Springs became one of the smallest United States towns, around 250 people, to own its own water works.
*The annual ride takes place the last full week of February, we ask that out of respect you refrain from caching along the trail that week. *
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