This is where it all began.
On May 3, 2000, a
five-gallon bucket was placed right
at this very spot by
Dave Ulmer, containing Delorme Topo
USA and 2 CD Roms, a cassette recorder, a "George of the Jungle"
VHS tape, a Ross Perot book, 4 $1 bills, a slingshot handle, and a
very famous can of beans (now the
O.C.B. T.B.!) The coordinates were then
listed on the Internet and modern-day
Geocaching was born.
The first finder of that first cache was Mike Teague, who took
the money and left some cigarettes, a cassette tape and a pen.
Although that original bucket was severely damaged by an Oregon
Road Crew mower and is no longer around, TEAM 360 and many other
concerned geocachers recognized the importance of that event which
happened here and dedicate this ORIGINAL STASH TRIBUTE PLAQUE on
behalf of cachers everywhere.
This is the #1 most-found Traditional Cache in
Geocaching.
Many thanks go out to Lance Christensen and the Port Blakely
Tree Farms, whose land this is located on. Without their permission
and cooperation, this would not have been possible.
Please continue to show respect to their property while
visiting.
Many thanks also go out to all the geocachers who made this
possible: Junglehair, DapperDanMan, Moun10Bike,
-=(GEO)=-, Bitbrain, Mzee & Associates, Ajetpilot, RJFerret,
Team DaSH, Badmojoe, Cacheola Crew, GrizzlyJohn, Geospotter,
Yumitori, Dalenis, Rothstafari, Spzzmoose, Team GPSaxophone,
CacheUsOut, Scoobie10, RomadPilot, Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking,
Makaio, and Crashmore.
Thanks also to the
entire crew at Groundspeak for their
support of this effort and their dedication to this sport.
Hey, let's not forget to send out thanks to the Inventor of
Geocaching, Dave Ulmer, for the great idea!!
Thanks also go out to SonoraZark, who lives in the area, for
being a local geocaching support person for this cache.
While visiting this cache, please remember to place your GPS
unit on top of the Plaque for a moment or two, in order to receive
extended battery life and super-accurate satellite reception!
There is a container nearby, which contains the
logbook.
You do NOT have to climb up the hill to
find it.
Please attach a photo of your adventure! Thanks!
Good luck, geocacher!
