The Original Buster Brown Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/21/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is located in a rural cemetery. The coordinates will take you to the actual grave of Major William Ray, the original Buster Brown, and his wife Jennie. Use the headstones to figure out the clues which will take you to the cache site. The cache is located not far from the graves. It is placed here to honor the memory of this extraordinary couple. Please take time to read their story. Please park at the entrance to the cemetery. You are looking for a small tupperware container.

Perhaps you might remember the Buster Brown slogan that was “ My name is Buster Brown, I live in a shoe. This is my dog Tige - He lives there too.” This should bring back memories of a long ago time, when children usually had only one or possibly two set of shoes yearly. In the summer they went barefoot and when school shoes wore out they wore the Sunday best. Buster Brown and his dog really were the hero’s of the day. They were the Nike's, Reebok's of the early day. Every child had a pair and when purchased you usually received a prize such as a whistle or key chain much like the Cracker Jack prizes.

I know you will remember the funny looking boy and his dog. Major Willie Ray, the name Major is purely honorary but it is always used with his name, was born in Tennessee on April 22, 1860. Apparently, he was an average size boy, but when attaining the tenth year he simply never grew more than 3 1/2 feet tall.

When just a boy his parents moved to Missouri. The family resided near Cotton Plant, MO until 1881 when he capitalized on his size and joined the Will Stone Circus. It was from this traveling show that he gained the name of Major. After traveling with the group for about two years the boat sank and everything was lost. Returning home, which was Hornersville at this time, he joined the Sells Brothers circus and while in Paragould, AR he met his future wife, Miss Jennie Meadows, who was also a midget. They were married on the stage before an audience of over 2,000. Major Ray, as he is known, stood 37 inches tall. His wife was 36 inches in height.

They continued for several years and billed as the world’s smallest couple. They toured the major cities of the U.S. and had audiences with royalty in Hawaii, and the crowning bit of their lives was a command appearance for the King and Queen of England with the Royal couple placing a midge on each knee.

In the early 1900s they left the show business trail and returned to Hornersville to live. With their savings they started a store in Hornersville and another in Etowah, AR. In both places he sold Buster Brown shoes for boys and girls. When Major Ray wanted a pair of shoes for himself or Miss Jenny, he had them ordered them specially made from the Brown Shoe Co in St. Louis. Being a good customer of the company he naturally grew acquainted with the officers of the Company and the idea of him being Buster Brown was concocted.

While operating the store at Hornersville, a salesman came in and told him the Brown Shoe Co. was on the look out for a small person to represent Buster Brown, so Major Ray was hired. He usually wore a cap and had a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit of blue velvet. His dog Tige could wink and he always went with Buster Brown. One of the first visits was to the Worlds Fair in New York where he was such a success that an addition to the Pavilion had to be hastily assembled. They were known nation-wide and many Buster Brown Products were from this Brown Shoe advertisement. Tige was there too, He always smiled and winked at what Buster Brown did for he was a wise dog. After the initial surprise of first seeing and shaking hands with the real Buster Brown, people always wanted to know who he really was and were very curious about him.

Once at the graves, add the date of the day on which Jennie was born to the north coordinate. Then, count the number of letters on Major Ray's gravestone, and subtract that number from the west coordinate. These numbers will be the coordinates where the cache is located.

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