You can't see the forest for the Kohl's. Traditional Cache
You can't see the forest for the Kohl's.
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Note: this is not a political attack on Kohl's department store or the city planners. This is just a reminder of an event that happened in this area
This is placed in memory of an event that happened just as I moved back to Arkansas. I always think about it when I am driving past here or shopping so thought it should have a cache.
On May 3rd,2001 Mary Lightheart, a 53 year old grandmother from Goshen AR, took her frustrations about violations of local ordinances up into an old growth oak tree. 20 days later Lightheart is still chained in the branches of the tree which is part of a grove scheduled for destruction to make way for a new Kohl's department store complex.
Three weeks after climbing up one of the oaks, Lightheart descended to answer a court summons, only to be arrested when she sought to return to her perch. Meanwhile, a pair of Fayetteville police officers set up round-the-clock surveillance at the construction site.
Two months after the conflict surfaced and in the aftermath of legal haggling, tree supporters surrendered when they couldn't raise the money for a $310,000 band requested by a county judge. Workers soon cleared timber from the construction site, including the 135-year-old post oak that had been Mary Lightheart's home for almost a month.
This is an easy find and is planned as a coin exchange.Bring your own pen
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