Around the turn of the 20th century, an Ohio native, C W Krotz, bought 20,000 acres (81 km2) of woodland around the Atchafalaya Basin and set up a sawmill to trim the trees hauled out of the basin. The tiny settlement that grew up around the mill was calledLatania (fan palm), after the bayou of the same name and the types of palm plants found in the area.
Thinking he was sitting on an untapped pool of oil Krotz put down the first oil well in St. Landry Parish, but he struck water instead of oil, the result becoming known as Krotz’s spring. The spring was used to supply water for the developing sawmill town and Krotz even bottled the water, selling it throughout the country.
Since the town is located inside the West Atchafalaya floodway a ring levee was built which protects the town in the event of a major levee breach along the Atchafalaya River. The cache location is right inside this ring levee.
This cache satisfies the St. Landry Parish of the Louisiana Parish Challenge or grid 44 of the Louisiana Delorme Challenge.
There is plenty of room to park for this cache and as always be aware of all Louisiana pests and muggles. You can even practice a little CITO if needed.