Ye Olde Starkey Homestead Virtual Cache
Ye Olde Starkey Homestead
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Archeological Dig of old homestead - approximately 1 mile walking
Recommended Parking Location: N28 15.574 W082 38.034
While hiking around one of my favorite parks the other day, I came across a new archeological dig of the old McNeil Homestead on the same land that is present day Starkey Wilderness Park in Pasco County. This site has been unearthed and preserved with the help of Boy Scout Explorer Post 604, members of Boy Scout Troops of the West Central Florida Council of BSA, and is a great example of what the layout of an early settlement in Florida was like. Included at this location are the remnants of a well, house, pasture, animal pens and gravesite. There is a very informative kiosk at the location with old maps of the location, a history of McNeil (a Civil War veteran), and interesting facts about the area.
There is a walking trail that goes around the homestead, please stay on it as the areas outside of the trail are undergoing further archeological restoration. Around the trail are various plaques providing details about what different sections of the homestead. To claim credit for this virtual, you must email me answers to the following questions.
Warnings:
1 - If anyone posts a find and does not email me the answers within 24 hours, their log will be deleted.
2 - Please be careful with your logs and do not disclose any of the required answers.
3 - I reserve the right to update the verification question list if I feel someone’s log has compromised one of the answers. So please check before you head out to this cache to make sure you have the most recent questions. I will never update between after Thursday and before Monday.
Verification Question:
1 – Name the landowners who came after McNeil, including the current landowner.
2 – When was the well made?
3 – What is found at the "Trash or Treasure" site?
4 – What is the 5th and 7th word on the second to the last line of the plaque titled “Animal Pens”?
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