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Follow the Red Brick Road Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

West Texas Reviewer: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so the cache is being archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 30 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the West Texas Reviewer.

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Hidden : 12/9/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is easy to find but hard to recover and replace without being seen. Bring a dime and your own pen.

This is the second in a series of caches to examine the history of Lubbock. Follow the Red Brick Road is named that way because to get to the cache, you have to travel on a type of pavement that is common to many small towns in Texas that to some, are a rumbling nuisance and to others, a touch of the past.
Lubbock’s brick streets were initially put in place in 1920 to be a permanent solution to dirt/caliche roads that became dusty, muddy, rutted thoroughfares. City growth and the emergence of the automobile (not to mention looking good for the college search committee for a place to put Texas Technological College) called for taxes to be raised and money borrowed to put down 3 inch bricks over a 5 inch concrete base. Twenty blocks downtown were the first to be paved, at a cost of almost $235,000. Three years later, a bond issue allowed storm sewers put in place and pavement extending all the way to the future Texas Tech University campus. Today the red brick streets downtown are part of our city’s heritage with which many would hate to part.
There is plenty of free nearby parking and lots of historic buildings surrounding the cache. In the blocks nearby, there are many buildings for lease, some small offices, and several government buildings (federal and county). This used to be a vibrant business area in the 1960’s and 70’s and is on the verge of recreating itself to be one again.
As in all urban caches, be aware of your surroundings and watchful of other people. This would make a great Saturday or Sunday morning cache!

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