Beacon's Balls Traditional Cache
Ice and Wind: The cache owner has not responded to issues with this listing, so I must regretfully archive it. If the cache turns up or is replaced in the very near future, email me and I will review it for possible unarchival.
Ice and Wind
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Located in a N. Beacon Hill "ball" park with a great vantage point of downtown Seattle and the water.
This is our first cache hide, placed in honor of my mother's 60th birthday in July of 2007. My parents introduced us to geocaching not so long ago and it's become a great hobby of ours. Thanks to everyone who logged a birthday greeting.
Beacon Hill was originally named Holgate and Hanford Hill after John Holgate and Edward Hanford, who settled in the area in the 1850’s. While M. Harwood Young later renamed it Beacon Hill after his hometown in Boston, Massachusetts, Holgate and Hanford streets still exist. Home to the headquarters of Amazon.com, Beacon Hill offers views of downtown, the Industrial District, Elliott Bay, First Hill, Rainier Valley, and Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. Since the homes on N. Beacon Hill were mostly built in the early 1900’s, Beacon Hill has many Craftsman bungalows and "Seattle box houses" (a local variant of the Foursquare style).
Jefferson Park is a 52.4 acre public park and golf course on Beacon Hill. Originally intended for state university use, in 1892, it was the site of a "pesthouse," or isolation hospital. The land was sold to the city of Seattle in 1898 which planned to build a reservoir and a cemetery. Renamed for Thomas Jefferson in 1908, the Olmsted Brothers included the park in their comprehensive plan for Seattle parks, and designed the 18 hole golf course which opened in 1915. During World War II, Jefferson Park contained anti-aircraft batteries, and was requisitioned by the U.S. Army for a G.I. recreation center, with recreation facilities, a gym, and tent housing for soldiers and visiting family. After the war, the Army structures were mostly removed and a new Veterans' Administration hospital was built on the site of the original 9-hole golf course. (A replacement 9-hole course was built elsewhere in the park.) A lawn bowling green and playgrounds were also constructed at this time.
Jefferson Park received $8 million from the recent ProParks funding levy and plans for revitalizing this park include new walking paths, gardens, and a new gymnasium.
(Thanks to Wikipedia for all of the great history.)
We tried to get pretty creative with this one. Hope you all enjoy.
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