This cache is at the parking area for the Boze Mill Spring Trail which leads to the Boze Mill Float Camp on the Eleven Point River at mile 33.5.
Boze Mill Spring forms a sparkling blue pool which produces between 12-14 million gallons of water per day. Aquatic plants add many shades of green to the spring branch. The historical 1880’s turbine and hand-layered rock wall from the Lucas Boze grist mill still exists. Boze Mill is nestled in a beautiful glen beside the Eleven Point River just above Riverton, and was once an important center of commerce where farmers could get wheat and corn ground into flour.
Primitive dispersed camping allowed. Tables and grills are available and a vault toilet is centrally located. Wading, Fishing, Camping, rock hounding, and root digging are popular activities at the float camp.
This is the only float camp on the Eleven Point that can be accessed both by river and by car.
The trail is a short loop with a couple of different possible paths, that all told amount to less than a mile of trails, but provide several scenic views and interesting opportunities.
Permission for placing this caches was obtained from the Poplar Bluff District Ranger for the Mark Twain National Forest.
"Please be aware that collection of historic and prehistoric artifacts or the destruction or defacement of archaeological sites on federal lands is prohibited by the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, (16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm) and the Antiquities act of 1906 (16USC 431-433). First time offenders can be fined up to $20,000 and imprisoned for up to one year. Second time offenders can be fined up to $100,000 and imprisoned for up to 5 years." — Forest Archeologist
