George Mason's Tract Traditional Cache

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Geocacher-Enough: Thank you to the cache recovery volunteers for picking this cache up to be recycled and renewed for the upcoming 10th (and final) Are YOU Geocacher Enough Road Rally this June
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Hidden : 6/6/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This cache was hidden as part of the
2014 Are You Geocacher Enough? Road Rally


What is officially the George Mason River Retreat is to most people who visit this special area simply the Mason Tract. Both titles refer to auto magnate George Mason who loved to fish the South Branch of the Au Sable River.
Mason made his fortune in the automobile industry and, in the 1930s, purchased a large tract of land that borders the South Branch from another auto magnate, Clifford Durant of the Durant Motor Car Company. It became his personal wilderness, an area of undeveloped woods and clear water where he would go with a flyrod in hand to escape the daily routines of Detroit. Mason loved his river so much that upon his death in 1954 he bequeathed it to the state of Michigan on three conditions. The land had to be a permanent game reserve, never to be sold; camping was to be banned; and the state had to accept the gift within two years of Mason's death. The conservationist's plan was to preserve his wooded retreat by opening it up to everyone who loved the Northwoods, and it was Michigan’s responsibility to maintain it that way.  So enjoy this give Mr. Mason left for us so many years ago!



Special thanks to South Lyon Trekkers for this cache!
 
 
 

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