Furnished Attic Apt., Available Now Traditional Cache
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Furnished Attic Apt., Available Now
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This regular sized cache is INSIDE of the rail fence, in plain sight, but disguised, to avoid the attention of muggles.
NO SCREWDRIVERS OR OTHER TOOLS should be used on this cache, just look for the fastener that is different. When removed, the side opens, use care to prevent spillage or dropping the latch piece. (A hint: After opening the door, replace the catch piece and will be there when you close up) The Old Fort Parker grounds are open at all times, but the Visitor Center and Fort itself are open at posted hours. For access to the grounds and cache use another gate, always left open, or it is easy, and permissible, to slip through the rail fence. The nearby Old Fort Parker was restored by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp.) in 1936, and again in 1967. In 1995-96 the Visitor Center building was added, and some Germain POW barracks moved to the site from a WWII prison camp in the area, now used for housing visitors. While early Texas was the location of many military forts, Fort Parker was a private fort built by settlers. Texas residents may remember from their history lessons that a group of, mainly Comanche, Indians (now known as Native Americans) raided the Fort in May of 1836 while most of the men and boys were tending the fields, killed 5, and took a number of women and children as captives. This was less than two months after the Battle of the Alamo in the war for Texas Independence. One of the captives was a 9 year old girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, taken as raised as an Indian. Years later Cynthia Ann, now 37, was re-captured with a group of fleeing Indians in the Battle of the Pease River. She was recognized and returned to her original Parker family. However, she tried several times to escape back to the Comanche tribe, and never adjusted to white man's civilization. After her infant daughter died, she never recovered and died in 1870, some say from a broken heart. For more of the interesting Fort Parker story, Google Fort Parker Texas for a Web page or the Wikipedia article on Cynthia Ann Parker. A big Hooray to Kevin_and_Jamie for the First-to-Find, within an hour of publication of this cache!!! Notify me if the door latch is missing,
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