Welcome to Daufuskie Island,
where you'll need a floating craft of some sort to get here.
Our caches are terrain 5 but are more like a 1-1/2.
What's a Marsh Tacky? These are horses that were brought by Spanish Conquistadores and settlers' ships in the 1500s and eventually left to fend for themselves on the barrier islands of South Carolina. The Marsh Tacky is a unique breed of horse whose roots can be traced back to Iberian blood. They thrived in the Lowcountry and on Daufuskie independently in relative isolation for hundreds of years until they were domesticated, first by the Native Americans and then English plantation settlers. Prized for being smart, easy keepers, and possessing great stamina, keen woods sense, and adaptation to our swampy climate, this horse was designation our South Carolina State Heritage horse in 2010 for its contributions to agricultural, transportation, development, and wartime efforts.
"Tacky" is derived from and Old English word which means cheap or "common," which is not what we immediately think of when seeing these horses. There are only about 450 Marsh Tackies in existence today.
This geocache was placed here, in the manner in which it was placed, with the express permission of the homeowners, Tony and Erica Victory.