Roy Nathan Towl: A Bit of History Series Traditional Geocache
Darick: Sounds like it's time to let this one go.
Roy Nathan Towl: A Bit of History Series
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The cache is placed in Towl Park near 93rd & Center. The cache is about .26 miles from the parking lot (N 41°14.074, W 096°3.508) along a paved walking path. The park is closed from 11pm to 5am.
The cache is a good sized screw top container with room for trades, travel bugs and coins. To help conceal the cache location from muggles along the walking path, I suggest taking the container down by the water and enjoy the view while you sign the log and make your trades. As with any cache, please use stealth and rehide the container well.
In addition to the usual log, writing tool, and trinkets, the cache also originally contains a First To Find prize. It is a customized trackable dog tag featuring a photo I took near the cache location. The activation code is included, so you can activate it and send it out as your own trackable.
A BIT OF HISTORY:
Roy Nathan Towl was born in Chicago, Cook County, IL, March 29, 1881 to parents Erwin Towl and Charlotte (Summers) Towl. He was married, September 1, 1904, to Zulu Remwick. That same year, Roy Towl founded the Towl Engineering Co., which specialized in agricultural drainage and river bank stabilization. Towl was highly regarded for his knowledge of river flow patterns and flood control. His firm designed a large number of projects along both sides of the Missouri River, primarily between Sioux City and Kansas City.
Towl was a progressive Republican and entered city governement as a member of Edward Smith's reformist administration (1918-1921). He became mayor of Omaha on May 16, 1933 and served as mayor until May 26, 1936. He championed slum clearance and public housing and his housing proposals became known as "Mayor Towl's pet projects". Later he served as Park Commissioner and as Chairman of the Nebraska Joint State Boundary Commission. Towl Park was named for him in 1970 and four years later, Roy Towl died on March 7, 1974 at the age of 92.
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