| Five Hundred SeventySecond in the Famous People (FP) Series - Rooster Cogburn |
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Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn is a veteran of the American Civil War who probably served under Confederate guerilla leader William Quantrill, where he lost his eye. He was once married to an Illinois woman, who left him to return to her first husband after bearing Cogburn a single, extremely clumsy son (of whom Cogburn says, "He never liked me anyway."). 
Cogburn is described as a "fearless, one-eyed U.S. marshal who never knew a dry day in his life." He is "the toughest marshal" working the Indian Territory on behalf of Judge Isaac Parker. He has killed approximatley 23 people during his time as a U.S. Marshall, all he said he killed in self defense.
In True Grit, Cogburn helps a headstrong 14-year-old girl, Mattie Ross, who along with Le Beouf, an inexperienced lawman, track down Tom Chaney, the man who drunkenly killed her father. In the sequel Rooster Cogburn, he teams up with elderly spinster Eula Goodnight and Wolf while on the trail of a desperado named Hawk, who has stolen a shipment of nitroglycerin from the U.S. Army.
Cogburn lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas in the back of a Chinese dry-goods store, along with the proprietor, his friend and gambling buddy Chen Lee, and an orange tabby cat named after Confederate Gen. Sterling Price.
The cache is a 2 stage multi. Getting a good reading at the final location was difficult, but is should be somewhat obvious where to look.
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| Stage I |
| This is where W. H. Cogburn is laid to rest. What was his nickname? |
| Bub |
N33 21.959 |
W095 06.391 |
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| Cub |
N33 21.928 |
W095 06.367 |
| Dub |
N33 21.948 |
W095 06.441 |
| Hub |
N33 21.957 |
W095 06.475 |
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| Stage II - Final |
| There's a bison tube in here somewhere. Where is it? |
| A. In my hand |
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| B. I don't know |
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FP cemetery caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful of the residents interred here. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
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GPSr Accuracy 9.9' @ Final |
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Avoid the use of acronym logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions.