Six Hundred Fourtieth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Edward Jones
Coordinates are bogus. Cache is not in the middle of the highway. Not responsible for stupid. Take the quiz to reveal the correct coordinates |
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Edward D. "Ted" Jones (December 18, 1925-October 3, 1990) was an heir to Edward Jones Investments who built the firm's signature small town brokerage system and was to devote his last years along with his wife Pat Jones to establishing the Katy Trail State Park in Missouri. He donated $2.2 million for Missouri to acquire property along 200 miles of abandoned Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad tracks to form a hiking and bicycle path for the Katy Trail State Park.
The conversion of rails-to-trails has hastened with the federal government passing legislation promoting the use of railbanking for abandoned railroad corridors. This process would preserve rail corridors for possible future rail use with interim use as a trail.
The first abandoned rail corridor in the United States converted into a recreational trail was the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin, which opened in 1965. The following year the Illinois Prairie Path opened. The longest developed rail trail is currently the 225-mile Katy Trail in Missouri; when complete, the Cowboy Trail in Nebraska will extend for 321 miles. Somewhere there are a couple of cachers sitting around a campfire, sipping cold suds and doing the math. Now that's a power trail.
However, in Mesquite, Texas, we have a habit of building miniature versions of walking paths and rails-to-trails segments. So don't expect to come out here for a numbers run. Expect to come out for some fun and some fine caching. Since some rails seem to be outdated, how about testing your skills for outdated actors? Answer all the questions correctly and get the coordinates to this unexploded, preformed, baby soda bottle tube lounging alongside the tracks, or what used to be tracks.
Click here take the FP640 Quiz: Then and Now
FP caches are always placed with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be respectful. Please carefully re-hide the container better to maintain the integrity of the cache.
Avoid the use of acronym logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses.