Martin dated Benjamin Jackson Hagman while in high school, before being sent to the Ward-Belmont finishing school in Nashville, Tennessee. She was homesick for Weatherford, Texas, her family and Hagman. During a visit, Mary and Benjamin convinced Mary's mother to allow them to marry. They did, and by the age of 17, Martin was legally married, pregnant with her first child (Larry Hagman) and forced to leave finishing school.
Wanting tobecome a professional dancer and learn more moves, Martin went to California to attend a dance school, and opened her own dance studio in Mineral Wells, Texas. She was given a ballroom studio under a certain deal—she had to sing in the lobby every Saturday. Here, she learned how to sing into a microphone and how to phrase blues songs. One day at work, she accidentally walked into the wrong room where auditions were being held. They asked her what key she’d like to sing “So Red Rose”. Having absolutely no idea what her key was, she sang regardless and got the job.
Using her maiden name, Mary Martin began pursuing a performing career singing on radio in Dallas and in nightclubs in Los Angeles.
In 1955 and 1956, she received, first, a Tony Award for Peter Pan, and then an Emmy for appearing in the same role on television. She also received Tony Awards for South Pacific, and, in 1959, for The Sound of Music.
Mary Martin died at age 76 at her home in Rancho Mirage, California on November 4, 1990. She is buried in East Greenwood Cemetery in Weatherford, Texas.
The location of this cache is the Pattison Cemetery, not too far off the main drag. From the town of Emhouse, go west for 3.5 miles on 1126. Turn left on NW1140 and find the cemetery on the right about 0.3 miles south. Go to the listed coordinates, answer the question, and then proceed to the final stage, which is a matchstick container in a cedar tree. There are wasps nests in tree, but not near the cache. Just completely avoid the west side of the tree altogether. Concentrate your search on the E, SE and S sides. Oh, one more thing, be careful of the animal hole. It's deeper than it looks, and the cache is certainly not in there.
At stage I:
What is the name of the Pattison buried here:
A. Big Boy.....N32° 08.932 W96° 35.800
B. Cowboy.....N32° 08.956 W96° 35.760
C. Addison.....N32° 08.925 W96° 35.739
D. Pony Boy...N32° 08.951 W96° 35.781
Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.