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Florida Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/25/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Cache is not at posted coordinates

 

This is one state that is part of the U.S.A. geoart.  Each state features an unusual but real name of a town in the state. Please consider giving a favorite point(s) to the one(s) you like the best!

 


 

Florida: Yeehaw Junction

N 41° 48.960' W 89° 18.171'

Of the several competing stories about how Yeehaw Junction got its name, the most widely circulated one has an even more memorable moniker attached to it. Newspaper clippings discovered at the Desert Inn, the town’s 1800s hotel and restaurant, suggested that the intersection used to be called Jackass Junction — after the donkeys that were used to haul lumber in the area. But when the nearby Florida Turnpike was constructed in the 1950s, state officials compromised with locals to rename the intersection of U.S. Route 441 and State Road 60 Yeehaw Junction instead. Unfortunately, the historical Desert Inn was destroyed in December 2019 when a truck carrying oranges crashed into the building, taking a piece of Florida’s quirky history with it.

 

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