"Painted Rock" Travel Bug Motel Traditional Cache
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"Painted Rock" Travel Bug Motel
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An easy find in a fairly new park in Fulton County. You are looking
for an ammo can filled with lots of swag, be careful of thorns in
the area. This area was once occupied by the Creek Indians and the
name of this cache is taken from the Creek Indian meaning for
Chattahoochee. In 1827, the Georgia General Assembly approved an
act to “establish and make permanent a ferry across the
Chattahoochee River in the county of Gwinnett at a place known by
the name of “Gates’ Ferry.” The owner of
the ferry was Charles Gates, who lived on the hilltop overlooking
the ferry crossing. The ferry was located about 200 feet
downstream of the current Holcomb Bridge Road crossing. The
old ferry road, on both sides of the river is still visible.
This road was formerly known as the Alabama Highway because it was
a major thoroughfare into the Alabama territory. According to the
February 13, 1833 edition of the Southern Recorder, it appears
Charles Gates was no longer operating the ferry and had sold it to
Robert McAfee. McAfee was then granted permission on December
22, 1834 to build a covered bridge at the location. The
bridge was 220 feet in length and stood 30 feet downstream of the
current road crossing. One of the stone piers that supported
the bridge still stands in the river and is clearly visible as you
drive across the river. McAfee’s bridge was burned on
August 2nd during the civil war. After the end of the war in April
1865, the site of McAfee’s bridge was purchased by Addison
Holcomb. It was important to open up the Alabama Road that
crossed the river at this point, but money was in short supply.
Instead of rebuilding the bridge, the old Gates Ferry site
was put back into service and called Holcombe’s Ferry.
Sometime after 1907, a new steel truss bridge was built where
McAfee’s Bridge once stood. It was 16 feet wide and
permitted only one vehicle at a time to pass. With this new
bridge, Holcomb’s Ferry was no longer needed. According
to a 1924 survey map, the steel span was labeled
“McAfee’s Bridge” after the former bridge that
occupied the same site. At some unknown later date, the
structure was renamed after the ferry it had replaced and was
called Holcomb Bridge, with the letter “E’ being
dropped from the old spelling of Holcombe. In 1960, the old
steel truss Holcomb Bridge was dismantled and replaced with a
two-lane cement bridge. As traffic continued to grow, the
Holcomb Bridge was widened to four lanes in 1982. The cache is
hidden at the base of the old Holcomb Bridge. There is high muggle
activity at this park, especially on nice days. Please return the
cache the same (or better) than you found it. ****Remember that if
you take a TB or coin, please leave a TB or coin. And please log
them.**** Congrats to Axmantis for the FTF!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
GENQR HC, GENQR RIRA, BE QBA'G GENQR!