WWI: Mr. Sam Traditional Cache
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This is one in a series of four caches I planted in Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham. It's pretty massive, and it's home to more than one famous person's grave...good luck!
The first in the series is probably the best...not in terms of the cache itself, but its location. It is very near the grave of former speaker of the house Sam Rayburn.
Samuel Talliaferro Rayburn was born in eastern Tennessee, and he came with his family in 1887 to Fanin County, Texas. After working as a teacher to support himself in college, he served in the Texas State Legislature from 1906 to 1912, and attended law school between sessions, passing the bar in 1908. He served as Texas Speaker of the House during his last term. In 1912, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democrat from the Texas 4th District, and after that year, no Republican ever ran against him in his district. He became Speaker of the House in 1941, and except for two brief periods when the Democrats were the minority party, he served in that position until his death from cancer in 1961. His home in Bonham, Texas is preserved as a memorial by the Texas Historical Commission. The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is also located in Bonham.
You are looking for a camo'd vitamin bottle. BYOP, and good luck!
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Gur pnpur vf nobhg 10 srrg be fb jrfg bs Ze. Fnz.
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