This geocache is part of the County of Highlands Centennial GeoTrail. Visit the link below for the official GeoTrail passport to log the codewords for all GeoTrail caches, turn in and receive a set of 5 souvenir tags. Website https://visitsebring.com/sebring-area-geotour/ for more information about the Sebring Area GeoTour and the County of Highlands Centennial GeoTrail.
Avon Park is one of the oldest cities of Highlands County. The first permanent settler in Avon Park was Oliver Martin Crosby, a Connecticut native who moved to the area in 1884 to study the wildlife of the Everglades. By 1886, enough people had followed that the of "Lake Forest" was incorporated. An English woman who had settled in the area convinced Crosby that the area was reminiscent of her home of Stratford-upon-Avon, and persuaded him to change the name of the settlement to Avon Park. The City of Avon Park was incorporated in 1926.