Hidden @ the Hideaway Traditional Cache
Mirth Ct.34: I was by there Monday and it is gone. It had a seven year run 149 visits ......that was the first time in years that i had been by The place had changed The cache should have been moved it was a good spot 7 years ago but the location changed with the oil boom The Hideaway is closed and the cafe next door was hopping A RV had moved into the back where the cache was hidden weeds had taken over the spot. The hiding place and slap was still there but the cache was gone. Somewhere in that area would make a good place for a cache . I have moved to fort worth and can no longer maintain one there happy cacheing Wayne
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Down-town Pyote or is it up-town. It is on private property but with the owners blessing. Please be thoughtful and courteous. It is hard to believe that this was once a bustling community. Think of the thousands of WWII planes that were once there.
THE CACHE: Tupperware case, there is a log-book made from a small day/date book, there are pens, small trade items, key chains, mojo patch, Chuck Wagon Pete pin.
A little about PYOTE, TEXAS. Pyote, originally called Pyote Tank, is on Farm Road 2355, State Highway 115, U.S. Highway 80, Interstate Highway 20, and the Missouri Pacific line, seven miles southwest of Wickett in central Ward County. It is at exit 66 off of I20. The name for the town has been credited to the Chinese railroad workers' pronunciation of coyote. Other sources indicate it was named for the peyote cacti common to the region. It started around 1885 by area ranchers and by 1928 Pyote population that had soared to 3,500 cause by an oil boom. It had as many as thirty-one rooming houses and hotels. In 1942 Pyote Air Force Station was constructed south of Highway 80 on land owned by the University of Texas; it was used for bomber training. After World War II more than 4,000 bombers and fighter planes were sent to the Pyote base for melting into scrap metal. Among those stored there were the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb, and Swoose, General MacArthur's plane. However, the Smithsonian Institution rescued those two famous planes from destruction. It is now the site of the West Texas State School and the Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum, which displays World War II memorabilia in an old building from the base. It is now home to about 100 people. I can remember as a child my Dad telling me about all the planes stacked up on the south side on the interstate or highway 80, as it was known then. He said as far as you could see there were planes. If you look southwest of town you can see an old hanger. Part of the movie Fandango was filmed here. If you have time explore the tiny town and visit the museum. (It is Open Sat. 9-6 & Sunday 2-6). The old two story brick building on the northwest side of town is an old public school dorm. The ranchers would bring their children to town on Monday and pick them up on Friday. The old fire escape slide is still in place. All that is left of the huge school is the dorm and gym. It was built in the 1920's for over $100,000. The little park to the north is nice and always clean. It is a good place to take a break from traveling down I-20. Happy Geocaching.
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