FRS-Runnels Traditional Cache
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A park and grab cache, just off the highway in a nice cemetery.
It seems that nearly every cemetery in this area has a cache in it. For the few left out, I have decided to try and place a cache in them. I will call them “FINAL REST STOPS” or FRS’s. I will try to include a short history of each cemetery. Happy hunting.
RUNNELS CEMETERY
Runnels City, or Old Runnels, is a ghost town five miles north of Ballinger in Runnels County. It was designated the county seat when the county was organized in 1880. Its population was 250 in 1882, but the Santa Fe Railroad bypassed the town in 1886. When the railroad offered residents building sites and a general relocation of buildings in Ballinger, people in Runnels City accepted, and in 1887 Ballinger became the county seat. By 1947 a rock hut and ruined two-story rock building were the only remnants of Runnels City. All that is left of the once thriving town is the cemetery on a hill southwest of the old town site. The cemetery is well maintained just off the highway.
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