History Lessons #9 - Pauline, Texas Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/22/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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For our first event to host we decided to do some research of the local area we live in attempting to find some interesting places to put some cache. Some will be out in the middle of nowhere where no one even seems to remember, some will be places that are passed every day without even a second look or thought. Some, well, we placed just for fun

We have really enjoyed the History lessons & everything we learned during this little adventure. Hopefully you'll enjoy it just as much.

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvp20
Pauline was on Twin Creek at the intersection of U.S. Highway 175 and Farm Road 85, sixteen miles northwest of Athens in Henderson County. The community became a switch on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad in 1900.

It was first known as Ham and had a post office under this name from 1901 to 1912. In 1912 the post office name was changed to Pauline; the office closed in 1921.

Two businesses and a population of ten were reported at the community in 1910. Four general stores, five fruit growers, and two potato shippers were reported in 1914.

In 1940 Pauline consisted of two businesses and a population of fifty; it reported this population level through the mid-1940s, after which no further statistics were available. A 1948 map shows scattered rural dwellings in the area. The community was not marked on the 1983 county highway map.

Students & parents for the year 1921-1922
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhender/Schools/Pauline1921_1922.txt

Students & parents for the Year 1922-1923
http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/henderson/history/schools/paulines.txt

Athens Weekly Review
Jan. 31, 1929
Interesting News Items From Pauline Section
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhender/OldNewspaper/paul13129.htm

Items left in the original cache:
VW car key-chain, bendy cat, LED flashlight key-chain, can opener, small play dough, flat stones, apple clip/magnet & silly bands
Also included the following handcrafted items: 'I (heart) Caching key-chain, 'Geocaching' key-chain & 'fortune cookie' charm,

Please replace natural camo

***** Congratulations to rmeyners for being the FTF!! *****

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