Camping on the River Traditional Cache
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This traditional cache is hidden near Edmondson Public Access Area. Bring a pen/pencil to sign the log. This area is located near Eagle's Bluff Resort off Scenic Hwy 10. Great place for a picnic or a weekend outing. Combs Bridge is also nearby. It has some great history, so I have included it in the description. Be careful when retrieving the cache because it's on the edge.
The significance of Combs Bridge is not it's bridge type, but it's Bridge History. Combs Bridge was built less than 20 years after Statehood, from Oklahoma 's meager, newly founded, State Treasury. It was during a time of great upheaval in the area that had recently been known as, ' Indian Territory ;' a place where outlaws could still out wit the Law. Combs Bridge was the main crossing between Cherokee and Adair Counties , North of Tahlequah, Oklahoma . Pretty Boy Floyd's family lived in Sequoyah County , Combs Bridge ties these three counties together. In 1931 Pretty Boy Floyd and George Birdwell robbed the Bank in Tahlequah , Oklahoma and took leave of the place down long, and lonely, dirt roads, via Combs Bridge . Famed Sheriff Grover Bishop gave chase. (excerpt from Sheriff Bishop's obituary) It wasn't unusual to see the 16-year veteran officer toting a sub-machine gun in those days. He learned to use a machine gun while serving in France during World War I and utilized that experience while sheriff. "If I hadn't used one, I wouldn't have lasted as long as I did" Bishop was awarded the "Gangbuster" radio program "Public Hero no. 1 Award for heroism and valor in 1933. The two men, Floyd and Birdwell were shot at, but escaped to resume their lives of crime that frequently had them running the back roads and using Combs Bridge to make their escapes into Adair and Sequoyah counties, where relatives and friends put them up and hid them out. During this same crime spree, pretty Boy Floyd, and Birdwell, also robbed banks in Maud , Okla. Earlsboro, Konawa, Morris, and Shamrock. The gang hid out in the Pumpkin Hollow, proctor Region, using Combs bridge as the 'back door' the newly established State's Banking system. On December 12, 1931 the duo robbed two banks in one day, causing Bank's insurance rates to double nearly over night. Also causing the Governor of Oklahoma to put a substantial Reward on their heads "Dead or Alive". (excerpt from Pretty Boy Floyd Bio): In time he ended up hiding out back in the Cookson Hills near his hometown, where he was accepted and protected by the people. Floyd became known as 'The Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills'. Proof of these high speed excursions across Combs Bridge lie in the fact that, In 1994 Joe Ford and his Son found Pretty Boy Floyd's get away car; a 1929 Ford Model A, just 8 miles upstream from Combs Bridge... This old bridge was closed October 2015, so just use the new bridge to drive to cache location.
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