FCT3 -Lydia Traditional Cache
palmetto: Archive, no response to my previous reviewer note.
Because of Covid, if the cache owner contacts me by email in the next month with the GC Code of the cache, it may be possible to unarchive. No unarchive if I both disabled, and archived.
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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.
Then & Now ~by Lydia Blount
"'We had nothing then,she said. It was twenty-five miles to the church from my home. Some who claim to have been pioneers and who in a measure were pioneers will tell you of the good times of their days, country dances and frolics and picnics. But we were before even that day. We ate, slept and kept house while the men folk hunted cattle. Later when some settlers came in we visited about. And when we went visiting, we went to spend the night. Every one's house was open to his neighbor and even to the stranger. People should be very happy now. They have everything-railroad trains, automobiles, flying machines, radios, telephones, electric lights, running water. They have to pay for them, of course, but they can make money now. In those days you couldn't make money. There wasn't anything to sell except cattle, and they had to be driven hundreds of miles to market. But people don't seem to be any happier. I don't think they have changed much. Some things I hear make me think the world is getting worse, at times. But after considering everything, I believe it is getting better. There are more temptations now. And we hear more about the bad things with newspapers and telephones and every one seeing every one every day. But I've watched the world a long time, and I believe it's a little better than it used to be,' she concluded."
Lydia Blount died November 12, 1933.
This cache is named after our granddaughter, Lydia :)
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