A Few Good Men #5 Traditional Cache
007Betz: Opening up the space for new caches
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We placed this cache series in this new portion of the park dedicated for Disc Golf and hiking to allow those who love the outdoors to find some caches in the area too. We also decided to release this series on 11/11/11, for similar reasons that we placed 10 caches on 10/10/10...its just a unique date in history. We hope you enjoy the series, which has various containers, but mostly soda tubes and film canisters with a few larger containers for trading swag, coins and trackables
The Texas Army Trail Disc Golf Course is located in Bud Hadfield Park at 11937 Telge Road, Houston, Texas 77429.
The area gained notoriety in 1836 when the interim government of the Republic of Texas and 1100 men under the command of Sam Houston stopped here at dusk on April 16, 1836. "The men consumed most of William Burnett's livestock and grains and burned fence rails for fuel. Four days later on April 21, 1836 they routed the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto winning Texas Independence from Mexico." Source: earlytexashistory.com
Many years ago, Bud Hadfield, the founder of Kwik Copy and Texas history enthusiast, transferred ownership of the property from ICED (International Center of Entrepreneurial Development) to Harris County to manage its ongoing development, maintenance and care.
Bud Hadfield passed away on April 11th, 2011, almost 175 years after Sam Houston's Army stopped near this property.
Although the "Texas Army Trail Disc Golf Course" is still under development it is on track to become one of the most scenic disc golf courses in the Houston area.
We placed this GeoCache series in this park, as it is both close to our home and a place our family and dogs love to come and walk and explore AND now Geocache!
For information about this park and the disc golf course, please visit www.texasarmytrail.com
These containers were all hid at night in the dark with my GeoCanine and youngest GeoSon. That should offer the courage to any others who are interested in a good night time hunt in the woods! Bring a pen/pencil.
Additional Hints
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