GC3781W Ghost Towns of Dade County - Emmett (Traditional Cache) in Missouri, United States created by Hillbillyfun

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GC3781W ▼

A cache by Hillbillyfun Message this owner

Hidden : 11/5/2011

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Should be an easy park and grab. Cache is a small camo'd match holder with log only. Pleas BYOP.

Emmett was a small village on the Frisco RR near the eastern border of Dade Co. It was laid out in 1881 on the land of J. Boyd and named for his son.

At one time a tomato cannery existed close to the railroad as an outlet for the local farmers to get their produce out to market. There is nothing at all left of the old town now. According to my Grandmother, some of the old buildings were destroyed by fire after the cannery closed, and rest just rotted away after the town died. The actual town was located about 3/4 mile S SE of the old home place.

The cache is placed at what was once the old family homestead. The original house was located on the East side of the road. The cinder block house that remains on the West side of the road was built in the late fifties when part of the old original house collapsed in a storm. At one time there was a great big red barn and large peach and apple orchards south of the "new" house.

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)