I placed this cache very
near to the historic Wilson Theater that was built back in
1920. It is currently under going a major renovation.
Donations have poured in from several businesses,
organizations, and a great many people. I don't remember who
it was for sure but a 1955 graduate of Rupert High School
donated a check for $100,000 to go towards the renovation.
There has been a huge donation of time (labor) and materials
from various groups and folks of the community.
The Rupert city council approved
the purchase of the run down building back in December of 1999.
Many believed that it could be restored and be a great asset to the
city and town folk. The renovations were expected to come
with the hefty price tag of some $2.5 million. I had seen the
building prior to the purchase and it's a night and day difference,
it looks grand and the repairs are still on going. I think they
made the right choice! This theater is also listed on the National
Register of Historic Places as is a fair amount of the buildings
that are on the Rupert square. Please come take a walk around our
Rupert square and see all of the history in this little
town!
This photo was
taken in 1930
This photo was
taken in 2005 and is pretty much what you'd see today from the
outside.
The cache container
is one of those dreaded little nano containers that takes as much
time to roll the log sheet back up as it did to find the container
in the first place. Please be sure to tuck the container as far
back into the bricks as possible this way other fellow geocachers
will also have the opportunity to find it. You can find out more
about the many donations and who they've come from inside the glass
cases near the cache.