Juniper Prairie Wilderness Traditional Cache
Turtletoes/Biggie: sadly time to retire
Juniper Prairie Wilderness
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The Juniper Prairie Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Ocala National Forest in Florida, USA.
The Juniper Prairie Wilderness was established in 1984 and covers an area of about 54 square kilometers (13,260 acres). It protects a diverse set of habitats including prairie, Longleaf and Sand Pine scrub, marshes, subtropical palm jungles, swamp hardwoods, as well as sawgrass. It also forms the drainage basin for the Juniper River. The headwaters of the Juniper River, Juniper Springs, is a first magnitude artesian aquifer, and is bounded within a national forest.
In the 1840's, Patrick Smith settled in the Juniper Prairie Wilderness in an area which became known as "Pats Island". Reuben Long and his family homesteaded in the area in 1872. Around the turn of the 20th century, human population on pats Island peaked with about a dozen families. The inhabitants supported themselves through farming, hunting, fishing, and trade along the St. Johns River. Because of the poor economic conditions, most inhabitants had left the area before it became part of the Ocala National Forest in 1908. In 1935, the last inhabitants abandoned the area after a settlement history of less than 100 years.
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