Maupin Old Days Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no word from the owner in the month or more since the last reviewer note was posted. If you want to re-activate the cache during the next couple of months, please contact GeoCrater to see if that's possible. If the cache meets current guidelines, consideration will be given based on the circumstances surrounding the original archival.

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Lamento archivar este caché, ya que no ha habido ninguna comunicación del propietario en el tiempo transcurrido (un mes o más) desde que se publicó la nota del revisor. Si deseas reactivar el caché durante los próximos dos meses, por favor, ponte en contacto con GeoCrater para ver si esto es posible. Si el caché cumple con las directrices en vigor, se estudiará dicha petición teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias que llevaron el archivo original.

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Hidden : 10/1/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is one of the 12 caches in the Historical Maupin GeoTour operated by the Maupin Area Chamber of Commerce. This tour offers a Geocacher the opportunity to learn about the Central Oregon Historical Experience as it relates to the Maupin Area.

Historic Description: Be sure to bring a fully stocked picnic basket to this cache’s hiding spot. When Maupin was established in 1910, no one could have known that the entire city’s downtown buildings would need to be rebuilt just a short 11 years later. Imagine relocating to the Oregon desert to make a new way of life, investing all of your savings and earnings into a small business only to have one false move bring it all to ashes. It was 10am on a September Saturday morning in 1921 when a kerosene heater caused the city’s worst and most destructive fire.  People know it as “the fire of 1921,” and its been memorialized by a hand-painted mural in the center of Maupin’s Main Street. The mural depicts what Maupin, in the olden days, would have looked like to passers-by. This small town, created as a crossing for the Deschutes and station for the building of the new railroad, was a thriving metropolis with its own Post Office, multiple Grocery Stores, Bank, Drug Store and Doctor’s Office, Barber Shop, Candy Shop, Pool Hall, and Cafes.

With nearly the entire town burning to the ground, one can understand how the need for a voluntary fire department was a must. To this day, the entire area is kept free of fires and destruction by a loyal and trusted group of volunteers who take it very seriously when even small fires get started. The city has an imposed fire-ban during the summer season, and although residents may seem slightly paranoid to tourists who’d like to have an open fire or charcoal BBQ, they have good reason in their history.

This little picnic spot is locally known as the “Greenway,” and its ownership is currently in transition as the Kaiser Family of Maupin is requesting this land remain in the city’s hands as forever a park area. Take a break in your day and lunch in the Greenway.

This cache is one of the 12 caches in the Historical Maupin GeoTour operated by the Maupin Area Chamber of Commerce. This tour offers a Geocacher the opportunity to learn about the Central Oregon Historical Experience as it relates to the Maupin Area.


Complete the 12 Cache Passport and the first 250 receive a custom Maupin Area Chamber of Commerce GeoCoin.
Passports can be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center or online at
www.visitmaupin.com

Contact Info: MaupinChamber@gmail.com
Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center is located on
Highway 197
Maupin, Oregon 97037

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