This appears to be a typical American place at first glance but in the late 1700’s it was much different and dangerous as the local American Indians here did not appreciate the new settlers to this area.
If you look at the subtitle of the shopping plaza sign for Skytop Pavillion near this cache, you will see a reminder of the historical “Garard’s Station” that was near this location.
Southwest of here on Elstun Road at N39 05. 671 W084 24.665 there is an Ohio Historical Marker for the original Garard/Martin Station (and the beginning of an historical multi-cache, GC1F81W).
A period drawing of what the station looked like
Ohio Historical Marker #9-31 : Garard/Martin Station, 1790
Site of the first fortified settlement in Anderson Township and one of the first in the Virginia Military District. John Garard and Joseph Martin were the founders of this Station, who, with Elias Garard, Joseph Frazee, and others, came by two flatboats with families and livestock from Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, via the Ohio and Little Miami rivers. They landed here on December 23, 1790, and proceeded to erect the fortification.
Other early inhabitants include the families of Captain James Flinn, Stephen Betts, Joseph Williamson, Stephen Davis, Richard Hall, Jacob Bachofen, and John Corbly, Jr. Three years later, in 1793, Anderson Township was officially established with the first Township officers coming from the Garard/Martin Station. A private militia was formed to protect early settlers from Indian attacks until well after the Greenville Treaty of 1795. The Station was later disbanded as new settlements in the area emerged.