Blooming Rose Traditional Cache
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This cache is a park and grab with a log only. BYOP. There may be
muggles nearby depending on the time of day. It is located near the
Bloomimg Rose Church and Cemetery. You do not have to enter the
cemetery to get the cache. Many early settlers from this area are
buried in the cemetery.
PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL.
Richard Hall (of Blooming Rose) is documented as being a merchant
and shipper to the Barbados c. 1730-1750 at Fort Tobacco (Charles
Co) Md. It is known that he was an early settler and a squatter at
Blooming Rose by a 1751 notation in Christopher Gist’s famous
journal. When the area West of Fort Cumberland was opened up for
settlement and was surveyed, in 1774, Richard Hall had been a
longtime resident in the 1100 acres making up Blooming Rose. He was
allowed to retain 100 acres in his name.
Robinson T. Savage was the first school teacher in Western
Maryland. He was a friend and neighbor of Meshack Browning. Meshack
was a famous pioneer hunter and outdoorsman. His flintlock rifle
rests in the Smithsonian. In Meshack's book, Forty-four Years of
The Life of A Hunter, he tells about he and Robinson being together
in the War of 1812. They volunteered, were appointed sergeants and
marched off to Baltimore.
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