City of Maple 9 Lake Traditional Cache

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City of Maple 9  swimming

The City of Maples series The town of Macon was first settled by James T. Haley in 1852. However, long before Mr. Haley's arrival, scores of immigrants from Kentucky and Virginia ventured into the region as early as 1829. In 1872, John Beaumont donated 10,000 young maple trees Because of these 10,000 trees, Macon has been named "The City of Maples". The city have seven beautiful and well maintained parks and lakes

series 9 of 10 caches. will be in the city parks or around the lakes., around long branch lakes. and some somewhere in the city.

The St. James Academy opened in 1875 jest south of the lake; Blees became its headmaster in 1892. Upon the death of his parents, Blees came into a substantial inheritance, which he invested in the construction of Blees Military Academy. The school survived only until 1912. In 1914, it became the Still-Hildreth Sanatorium, which closed in the 1960s. The building was fully renovated in the 1980s, and it is now known as Lakeview Towers, a senior residential facility. The lake was part of the St. James Academy. The lake was a favorite place for many years for the people in Macon for swimming and fishing. now their no swimming in the lake. Thanks to the City of Macon mo for your approval placing this cache