The Fort Fraser Trail stretches 7 1/4 miles from Lakeland to Bartow. The trail is named after Fort Fraser, the first in a network of forts erected between 1837 and 1856 along a corridor connecting Fort Brooke in Tampa with Fort Meade in Polk County. President Zachary Taylor commissioned Fort Fraser on 1837.
The forts situated along the trail are historically significant because they housed U.S. troops during the Seminole Wars and provided a safe haven for early Polk County settlers. Forts Cummings, Carrol, Blount, Hooker, Clinch, Gardner and Arbuckle comprised the network. An historic marker is situated at the spot along the bike trail near Highlands City where Fort Fraser is believed to have stood.
This is a Letterbox Hybrid cache. For anyone not familiar with Letterboxing there is a log in the cache for you to sign and stamp (with your stamp), then you stamp your own log or paper (with stamp that is in the cache). If you do not have your own stamp, then stickers or handrawn artwork is acceptable. DO NOT TAKE STAMP WITH YOU; IT IS NOT A TRADE ITEM!!!
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Trails 2016-2017 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun, is not required to log this cache here.
Trek Ten Trails 2016-2017 program marks the continuation of the Friends of the Parks Foundation’s call to explore the outdoors in Polk County. Several new caches have been hidden on nature trails throughout Polk County and a bonus cache has been hidden at Bok Tower Gardend. Each nature trail includes geocaches with a self-inking stamp for validating your visits to at least ten of the trails. To receive a completion certificate and be eligible for a other prizes you must find ten caches. Of course you may trek all trails we have added this year and we hope you do!
New validation game cards, which participants stamp are available at various locations and are listed on the Friends of the Parks website and in the OUTPOST 27 CACHE. Trek Ten Trails 2016-2017 program maps, game cards and other information about each of the featured nature trails may be downloaded from the Friends of the Parks website. Check out our Profile for more details.
