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CMR Bank Traditional Cache

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JL_HSTRE: Bayonet plants are growing quite well in this area.

Ammo can was picked up today in preparation for CP8.

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Hidden : 1/16/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Camp Murphy Ruins (CMR) series will take you to what is left of the army camp that was located here in WW2.

This cache was placed for Cachepalooza 7. Cache placement has been approved by Martin Morse, park service specialist.

Obey all speed limits. Do not block gates. All wheels off the pavement. Do not cross the railroad tracks except at the main park road or the US 1 bridge.


Located in this area was a branch of Atlantic National Bank which served Camp Murphy. ANB was a bank chain based out of Jacksonville, Florida from 1903 to 1985. The bank's vault is still standing and is used by Club Scrub for storage.

On the way to the cache you will pass a concrete foundation and some bricks. The bricks are the remains of a fireplace. Many buildings at Camp Murphy had one: not for heat (this is South Florida after all!), but to burn documents instead of throwing them away. Since the camp involved radar training the army didn't want any classified information to slip out in the garbage.

Also located near here were the headquarters for the 801st Signal Training Regiment and the camp's dispensary.

Watch out for some large spanish bayonet plants in the area. You don't want to get stabbed by one!

Much thanks to Barry Richardson, JDSP Park Ranger & Archeological Resources Monitor for information about Camp Murphy.

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