In the 1800s the Chinsegut Conservation Center was home to the Bishop family. A chimney and two cisterns, remnants of their homestead, remain on the property today. In the early 1900s turpentine was extracted from the pine trees, some of which still bear the scars.
Chinsegut was owned in the early 1900s by Col. Raymond Robins, whose colorful career included gold mining in Alaska and serving as an economic advisor to five presidents. Robins named his land "Chinsegut," an Alaskan Inuit Indian word for the "spirit of lost things." Robins used a looser translation: "The place where things of true value that have been lost may be found again."
Robins donated his property to the federal government in 1932 to be used as a wildlife refuge. In 1973 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission acquired Chinsegut Conservation Center. Chinsegut WEA grew in 1989, when the Commission acquired an additional 420 acres, known as the Big Pine Tract and reached its current size in 2008 when the Commission acquired an additional 30 acres from The Nature Conservancy.
This cache was placed with permission.
Historical information from http://www.myfwc.com/chinsegut
This cache is located within the Chinsegut WMA. Visitors should be aware of seasonal hunting and must abide by all area regulations while on the area.