Mr. Rayzor, the Monument, and the Park Traditional Cache
Legend Hunter: This one has had a good run. I'm going to archive it, and maybe come up with some new ideas!
Mr. Rayzor, the Monument, and the Park
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Small cache in a public area with some history. At no time should you need to go into the street.
Though Triangle Park is the heart of Lock Haven, it wasn't always a park. The monument up the street used to be on this site.
The monument, made of granite and standing over 44 feet high, cost almost seven thousand dollars to build. It was built in 1908, and a dedication ceremony was held in 1909.
The monument overlooked Main St. for over half a century. Then in 1969, as part of an urban renewal program, the city decided to move it.
City council hired Gibbons Construction, of Williamsport, to move the statue at a cost of $32,000. It took over a year to relocate the monument, first taking it apart and then moving it and reassembling it in the new location.
Triangle Park was built, and where the monument had been, a fountain was placed. This fountain came from Zindel Park in McElhattan.
Rebuilt at the corner of Bellefonte and Church, the monument was inspected. It passed inspection by the Redevelopment Authority, Gibbons Construction, the city engineer and the press. Everyone declared it perfect.
And then, a young man strode up and pointed out that the soldiers were wrong.
Everyone checked the old photographs, and it was true: The monument had been assembled incorrectly. Each soldier standing on a corner of the monument had been placed at the wrong corner. City council immediately commenced to decide whether this constituted reason for not paying. The monument was never corrected, and the soldiers stand on the wrong corner to this day.
The monument was one of the focal points when Lock Haven turned 150 in 1983. During the Sesquicentennial celebration, a time capsule was buried at the foot.
During the celebration, a group was formed called the Brothers of the Brush. These men made a rule that males should grow old-fashioned beards during the event. At the end of the event, they created Mr. RayZor, a four-foot razor replica, to symbolize the shaving of the beards. Mr. RayZor was given a "funeral" and buried in a casket made specifically for a giant razor. The time capsule was originally Mr. RayZor's casket, and Mr. RayZor was the first item in it.
Congratulations to the Stevensons for FTF! And thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Dermie for helping me get the coordinates right!
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