Don't Tread On Me Traditional Cache
Keystone: As the owner has not responded to my prior note, I am archiving this cache page.
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This cache is located at Historic Hanna's Town on the outskirts of Greensburg.
The terrain is grassy but flat and accessible.
The site closes at dusk and is patrolled by Park Police.
You are seeking a camoflaged, plastic, rectangular cache. Big enough to hold a log book and small items to exchange.
This is our very first to hide cache so we hope we did good! Take time to wander around the site, maybe take in a Tour and soak up the historical significance of this town.
Hanna's Town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was a pivotal site of local, state and national significance.
Founded in 1773 by Robert Hanna it was the County Seat of Westmoreland County and the first English Court west of the Allegheny Mountains. It played a major role in the armed conflict between Pennsylvania and Virginia for control of the area now reorganised as South Western Pennsylvania. Additionally, the town was an oasis for travellers, settlers and those seeking justice and order in the often chaotic environment of the western Pennsylvania colonial frontier.
Hanna’s Town was active in various issues associated with the Revolutionary War. The Hanna's Town Resolves were written and signed here in May, 1775. This document is one of the most direct challenges to British authority preceding the Declaration of Independence. Before most other colonial communities took a stand, Westmoreland County residents proclaimed their willingness to take drastic measures to maintain and defend their rights against British oppression. Hanna's Town was an important center for the recruitment of militia for the western campaigns against the British in Detroit and their Native Americans allies.
In one of the final battles of the war, Hanna’s Town was attacked and burned on July 13, 1782 by a raiding party of Indians and their British allies. The town never recovered, and the county seat was moved to Greensburg in 1786.
The town site’s subsequent conversion to farmland in the early 1800’s preserved it as an archaeological time capsule of 1770 frontier life during the waning British colonial period and the emerging American republic, and it remains an almost unique archaeological resource in this area.
The village consists of the reconstructed Hanna Tavern/Courthouse and three vintage late 18th century log houses, a reconstructed Revolutionary era fort and blockhouse and a wagon shed that houses an authentic late 18th century wagon.
Big Round of Applause goes to CaptJax for FTF !
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