THEATER OF PAST Traditional Cache
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THIS CACHE IS A SMALL CAMO HIDE IN A SMALL WOODED AREA OFF OF A
SMALL PARKING LOT. FROM THIS SPOT YOU CAN WALK TO AN OLD CLOSED
THEATER AND SCHOOL THAT IS ALSO CLOSED THAT WAS BUILT IN
1907.
Back in the 1880s an author and social reformer from England named
Thomas Hughes decided to start a colony in America for the younger
sons of wealthy English families (in those days, older sons in
England inherited everything and younger sons often had difficulty
finding a life of their own). Hughes chose a remote piece of land
in the mountains of East Tennessee, named the community Rugby after
the place he went to school as a boy, and started planning and
promoting the venture. At its peak Rugby had 65 buildings, more
than 350 residents, a large inn (or hotel), a weekly newspaper,
tennis courts, and even a small factory that canned tomatoes. For a
short while the experiment seemed to be working. But within about a
decade it became obvious that the settlement of Rugby wasn't
working out, and most of Rugby's original settlers died or moved
away. Today many of Rugby's original structures are still there.
Some of the people who live in or near the town of Rugby and who
have loved it over the years have preserved those structures, built
new ones that blend in with the old ones, and even developed a
visitor's center complex that retells the story of Rugby.
http://www.historicrugby.org/hughes/hughes.htm
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GERR ONFR UBYR