Long-Bell Lumber Company was a timber company operating through the United States expanding from Kansas into Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, & Mississippi. The general offices of Long-Bell Lumber Company were established in 1891 in Kansas City, MO. On November, 1, 1917, the Long-Bell Company, a subsidiary of Long-Bell Lumber Company, was organized in Quitman, MS. All of the smaller companies operated by Long-Bell Lumber Company, with the exception of Long-Bell Company in Quitman, as well as the Rapides, King-Ryder, and Hudson River companies, were merged with Long-Bell Lumber Company in 1922. By 1918, the Long-Bell Lumber Company had become nationally known in the lumber world. In January 1919, the first national advertisement appeared featuring Long-Bell trademarked lumber. This was an innovation in the lumber industry making Long-Bell Lumber Company the first lumber manufacturer to both trademark and nationally advertise its number.
What you see before you is the Long-Bell water trough. It was built about 1914 for watering livestock. It served as an aquarium and also a planter in later years. The inverted "N" was cast by mistake and still draws comments.
You will be searching for a small geocache. The inspiration for this geocache comes from one in Jackson, MS.