Big Sam Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

isht kinta: If you can fix or verify this cache it can be easily unarchived. For now I am going to archive it. Feel free to contact me through my profile linked below if you fix it.

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Hidden : 1/24/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Goonies NEVER Log DNFs

Bison tube placed in a two-acre, day-use area (right off 39 North, 15 miles from Meridian) built around a memorial to General Sam Dale, a 19th century frontiersman and patriot. There is an opportunity to practice CITO at this location.

”There isn’t a man this side of Hell who can stop Sam Dale.” -- Andrew Jackson

In his best known engagement, Dale met seven Creek Indians in a canoe fight on the Alabama River. "Big Sam" first placed one foot in each canoe to keep the battle joined and then stepped fully into the enemy boat and dispatched all seven. His only weapon was a water soaked rifle that he broke over the head of one and used as a club on the others.

As a scout, he heard Tecumseh, chief of the Shawnee Indians, advocate war to the Creek Nation but government officials refused to credit Dale's predictions of an uprising and lost the opportunity to avert the fighting that followed a year later during the Creek War of 1813. Dale took part in the first skirmish, at Burnt Corn, and later led the raid on the Creek Holy Ground, destroying the hallowed spot.

Commissioned to carry urgent dispatches from Georgia to New Orleans, Dale astounded the area when he made the trip in less than 8 days, traveling through the heart of the warring Creek Nation, in a trip that normally took 14 days. Dale was elected to the convention that divided the Mississippi Territory and established the Alabama Territory. He was sent to the first General Assembly of Alabama, later serving in the Legislature from 1819 until 1828. Dale then settled in Mississippi, where he was elected a representative from Lauderdale County.

Note: This is my first hide -- I used a placement method similar to one utilized by another Goonie that ultimately failed...which is why I've made a slight modification to his technique. If you find this cache in need of service, please post a note or shoot me a message.

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Congrats to Rdwing for the FTF!
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