KT's Jewelry Kache II @ Chimney Rock
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It is in the royal camo ammo box with a small royal log book and a writing instrument inside. Also inside are the King's jewelry ("mardi gras type trinkets"). Trade a trinket with anything you like and signed the royal log book and log it on the internet so the King will know when the jewelry has left. Read on.
Chimney Rock was an old icon landmark of Oklahoma. You could find it in Oklahoma travel brochures in the 50' and 60's and 70's. I even read and saw a picture of it in my geography book in Memphis, Tenn. back in the 60's. That shows you how popular it was. It was worth to get off the beaten path to take a side trip to see Chimney Rock in the beautiful Oklahoma landscape. It would stand majestically in the Oklahoma sky for by passers to take its picture. School children from Freedom, Oklahoma would ride schools to see the majestic spire.
But, alas, after all the eons it stood, mother nature claimed it. March 1973, after a practically wet winter the base could no longer support the load and could no longer stand up to gravity and it all came tumbling down. I remember reading about in a newspaper in Memphis. Tennessee when it happened.
On a nice and sunny windy day, a farmer's son, Tracy Walker, was on his way to his father's house to unload a tractor. He had driven down that road a many a times always glancing a Chimney rock. But on this day in March of 1973 something was amiss. Chimney Rock was not there. It had collapsed. He went to his dad's house and asked if he had noticed Chimney Rock has fallen. His dad had not. The word spread quickly. Freedom Call, a newspaper in Freedom, Oklahoma, made it a story on the front page of the next issue. Tracy Walker was the first person to find it collapsed.
Not much is left of Chimney Rock except a pointed red earthen mound from which it stood upon and memories. Chimney Rock remains are to the west and up the first road left. As you go up that road that pointed earthen points on the right is all that is left. It is still worth the trip because the surrounding area is just as beautiful. It can be tricky to get to depending on how you approach it. I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND you locate this one in wet weather. The road will be very muddy and slippery. Please travel this road on dry days.
As the former Jewelry Kache at Crystal Beach Park it was found 40 times by sparkybell, Blue Thumb, noot, The Sooners, okeducator, gegco, Lil Devil, Clantrack, the crowd, hipper, muddyButt, chevy292, terryx2, John52, ritual cat, LOVE II, John and Jeannie, The roushketeers, cpatt, rapidbandit, kc7uwj, state-water-woman, reeloy&ash, old bob and wicked wanda, swavy00, 4shadow2, salty and Susannah, DVDNJYC, HerrKraft, kbaldeagle, GPS GEB'S, Farmall cub, OSU brigadier, tom n Linda, Canyonman44, tjpart, topotom, nonnipoppy, Golfnutz, Stellarware. Thanks you cachers. This is the replacing of Jewery Cache I. Happy Caching, my loyal subjects.
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500 srrg AR bs Puvzarl Ebpx