OKLAHOMA LAND RUN WEST #39 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 6/4/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Stake a claim on the
OKLAHOMA LAND RUN!


The Oklahoma Land Run is a series of caches that will run across the whole state east to west! This project will take some time to complete, but with Oklahoma Geocachers working together it will happen!
The first Oklahoma Land Run began as a perfect spring day--bright, balmy and cloudless. The Oklahoma prairie was green with the new year, a little glimpse of paradise to the thousands of land-starved pioneers. This was it, the greatest rush for land in the history of mankind. More than 2 million acres of unassigned land in the heart of Indian territory were opened to settlement. 50,000 hopefuls surrounded the area to stake their claim for less than 12,000 homesteads!


The rushers waited impatiently in all the little towns just outside the new lands: Darlington, Buffalo Springs, Silver City and Purcell. Then across the territory at high noon on April 22, 1889, blasts rang out from gun shot, cannon fire and bugle charge and the race started. During the next six hours, about 10,000 people settled in what became the capital of the new Territory of Oklahoma: Guthrie. The U.S. land offices were mobbed, both in Kingfisher and in Guthrie. Monstrous lines appeared instantly outside both, as men stood, usually for days, to register their land.


By the time the red dust settled that evening, a new era had begun in Oklahoma. The foundation had been laid for this "Sooner" State. It took legislation, proclamations, five land rushes, a land lottery, and a land auction, to lead to settlement and eventual statehood of Oklahoma. At 10:15 on the morning of November 16, 1907, President Roosevelt took a seat at the cabinet table surrounded by a small delegation of government clerks and newspaper men. By 10:16 he signed the statehood proclamation and declared "Oklahoma is now a state."

The first town west on the OKLAHOMA LAND RUN is Crescent, Oklahoma. The town had its beginning in fall 1889 when a tent was pitched as a general store. Within a year a hotel, restaurant, and bakery were built. Crescent is best know for the early 1970s when Karen Silkwood died in a fatal one-car crash. Silkwood was a chemical technician at the Kerr-McGee's plutonium fuels production plant in Crescent, Oklahoma, and a member of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union. She was also an activist who was critical of plant safety. During the week prior to her death, Silkwood was reportedly gathering evidence for the Union to support her claim that Kerr-McGee was negligent in maintaining plant safety, and at the same time, was involved in a number of unexplained exposures to plutonium. The circumstances of her death have been the subject of great speculation. Since her death, her story has achieved worldwide fame as the subject of many books, magazine and newspaper articles, and even a major motion picture.
You will navigate through back roads and byways to explore the sprawling ranches, endless sky, miles of rolling grass dunes, windmills and the most unspoiled landscapes in Oklahoma. Discover charming small towns, scenic beauty, and local history that awaits you as you travel through the OKLAHOMA LAND RUN! Whether you are looking for a wonderful day trip or a multiday immersion, the OKLAHOMA LAND RUN puts it all within reach.
The center of the run is located in Guthrie, Oklahoma at coordinates
N 35° 54.785 W 097° 23.418

The west series will carefully navigate you through beautiful Oklahoma countryside twisting from County Road 76 to County Road 73. Finding its way to County Road 720 to Loyal, Oklahoma. Traveling north towards Highway 51, following west towards Texas.

The series to the east will be a tricky one, following County Road 76 crossing Highway 33 to travel north to Hiwassee Road to County Road 74. Following County Road 74 to Langston, south down Choctaw Road. Traveling down to County Road 75, twisting through countryside heading north to County Road 720 into Cushing through Drumright along Highway 33 into Tulsa. Areas in Tulsa are high traffic, so the run will lead towards safer roads. The run will find its way to Highway 51 traveling towards Arkansas. The series does not have end points yet, since it is starting in the center and spreading towards its borders.
The run will be set up by volunteers only. If you would like to add to series, please do so! Any help to continue this project will be great! Central Oklahoma Geocachers -COG- are excited to see this come alive!

The caches were placed near or by either a driveway, a road shoulder or a turn-off intersection. So please look for these as your hunting the caches to pull your geocar off the roads. Not all roadways are paved so use caution while driving down the gravel and dirt roads.
Please do not cross any fences while geocaching, there will be some no trespassing signs posted, but all caches are not placed on other side fences.
Please bring your own writing stick to sign logs. When signing logs, please sign only the date and your geoname to leave room for future geocashers. Abusing logs will get your log deleted. Please post any great times you had while traveling the Oklahoma Land Run
on geocaching.com logs.
Since they are placed in rural Oklahoma areas, you will find barbwire by many of the locations, so please watch your children during the fun. To keep the run going, please place caches back in same place as you found. With so many caches on this route, will be hard to maintain, any help will caches will be much appreciated. There are wild animals in the area so use Caution!
Click here to learn more about Land Run of 1889.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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