GC31DV4 Moonlight Tower #27 - RIP (Traditional Cache) in Texas, United States created by Mr

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Hidden : 8/3/2011

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Moonlight Tower #27 was one of the original locations of the 1895 lighting tower project.

Moonlight Towers of Austin Texas Rest in Peace
	On May 6th in the year of 1895, the Mayor of Austin Texas announced that 31 lighting towers were turned on to provide illumination to the growing city. These amazing tower rose to over 156 feet in a city were the tallest building rose only two stories. Each one threw a bright light over a Victorian age city, where the only light before were gas street lights. From a declaration of a new era at the beginning of one century, two centuries later (yup, the towers now span three centuries) our Moonlight Towers (or Moon Towers) have received local, state and national historical designations through our own desire to preserve and protect those things that make Austin's personality. Keep Austin Weird!
	15 currently remain standing, with an additional two in storage awaiting construction to complete in their former locations. (See the “Party at the Moon Towers” cache series by djdiggla and ogshowtime.)
	Alas, this is not about these 15 remaining towers. This cache series is to lead you around Austin to stand where the other 16 once stood, and in addition, those spots where towers were moved to as the city changed. As you do this cache, and if you are a native Austinite, transplant or visitor, you can see how the capital city has expanded over the last 115 years
	Moonlight Tower #27 was one of the original locations of the 1895 lighting tower project. The Mayor declared that the light sat at "7th Street and 2nd Street East of Comal" = Chalmers (on today's map) This tower litup the south-west grounds of Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute, which opened on January 17, 1881, with 250 students, having been chartered in 1877. On October 24, 1952 Tillotson College and Samuel Huston College merged to form Huston-Tillotson College. It then became Huston-Tillotson University on February 28, 2005. Jackie Robinson, the baseball legend, would have walked under this Moon Tower if it was still up in 1944-1945. He was actually the athletic director there, before joing the Major Leagues. As we don't know when this tower was removed, we will have to wait and see if true
This is an interesting area, as always, be careful. Stealth is required a bit, as there is a fast food place across street. My GPS had fun with me, as school, house, business and food icons each showed up on each corner of the street. Oh, it is a micro cache, so bring a pen! Congrats to mda_taz for the First to Find!

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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