11/3/16. dutchovenpat has volunteered to watch over this cache for me as I have moved some distance away. While the acutal house was moved by barge across the lake to Carney Island, WSW of where it was located originally, the cache and it's information refer to the original location. As you are driving on Hwy. 25, look south as you pass 81 56.022 and you will see a 2 story white house. The property is off limits and the town of Ocklawaha no longer holds the Barker Shootout due to poor attendance over several years. There is room on the right-of-way to safely stop and shoot a picture, though there is a lot of native plants and trees in the way.
The rest of the information is from the original cache page.
The original contents of this cache were assembled by my youngest daughter so they have a decidedly young girl character.
The intent of this cache is to introduce you to Central Florida's connection to the days of gangsters and G-men.
It was Jan. 16, 1935, when "Ma" Barker and her son Fred were gunned down here a rental home on Lake Weir, ending the longest FBI shootout ever and launching a legend in the community that has survived for generations.
Arizona Donnie "Kate" Barker was believed to be the leader of the 25-member Karpis-Barker gang responsible for three kidnappings, 10 murders and thefts of more than $1 million during a three-year rampage, primarily in the Midwest, that began in 1932.
When agents with the Department of Justice, now called the Federal Bureau of Investigation, arrived at the Ocklawaha rental home that morning, 63-year-old Ma opened the front door.
Seconds later, 32-year-old Fred walked onto the porch and unloaded a volley of machine gun bullets on the government agents. For the next four or five hours, the two sides exchanged gunfire almost continuously.
Finally about noon, about an hour after the shooting from inside the home stopped, agents sent Willie Woodberry -- who had been hired by the Barkers to cook -- into the home. As Woodberry walked onto the porch, he yelled, "It's me Ma, don't shoot." Woodberry found Ma and Fred dead.
The house was riddled with nearly 3,500 bullets in the shootout. Afterward, federal agents found machine guns, rifles, pistols and $14,293 in cash.
The house (about N29.02.486, W081.55.966) is across the street from the original cache site. It is privately owned and marked "No Tresspassing". Going west, you can glimpse the two-story white frame house. It will be the next driveway on the south side of the road as you are heading west.
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More information on the Barker family that is listed on one of my caches that has been archived. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a0f89ace-00c1-4731-8bd0-2925031f2ef1.
Enjoy RREngineer