What's so special about Morton? Event Cache
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What's so special about Morton?
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Saturday, May 30, 2015
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Join us in a great geocaching area for a cuppa before heading out for the day.
Bean Tree Coffee House, in the booth area
212 Main Ave, Morton, WA
Saturday, May 30, 2015 9:30-11:00 am
Join us to say hi, have a quick breakfast, and a prize raffle. (No food purchase required, of course!)
What's so special about Morton?
Rugged men in tin hats and hickory shirts. Women…well were sparse – this was bachelor territory where young men came to make money cutting timber. Morton was settled as a rather isolated, logging town…so it’s certainly no wonder Morton’s heritage is brimming with color, a touch of catastrophe and triumph.
--In 1924 a fire tore through town leveling 19 of the 23 businesses in the business district. A few years later in 1933, flooding caused extensive damage, yet the town of Morton persevered and continued to survive.
--This community is never at a loss for stories. One that lives on is the story of T.A. “Al” Peterman who came to harvest logs from Cottler’s Rock during the Great Depression. The innovative man began buying surplus trucks and modifying them so they would hold better on steep hillsides. After a few years he bought a factory in California to produce quality trucks known today as Peterbuilt Trucks. Today as you approach Morton from the west on US Hwy 12, a section of the road is referred to by the locals as Peterman Hill.
--Today, the mark of Morton’s intrepid past is carefully and purposefully woven throughout the community, from the renovated Morton Depot, to the Loggers’ Memorial and two-cell jailhouse.
--Home of the Loggers' Jubilee in August (since 1938)
--Morton was once known as the "tie mill capital of the world" in the 1950s. The longest railroad tie dock in the world ran along the railroad tracks east of Morton.
And Geocachers will like Morton because:
1. It is home of one of the few remaining Webcam caches, the Morton LoggerCam!
2. Many of the geocaches here are at historic sites, like the old Depot, the Loggers' Memorial, and an old DNR camp.
3. Home of a 4-step Multi-cache in honor of two fallen Vietnam soldiers from the town.
4. Locals pwezzr2 and Lindlib are placing several new caches in honor of this event coming to town.
5. If you have not found the famous Johnny Island's Throne Room cache in Centralia, here's a chance to stop by if you are approaching from the west. (9 miles north of the Morton exit)
6. 5/5/2015 Shelrik just pointed out that Morton is also the gateway to the final cache location of Shelrik's Center of the Triad Challenge If you qualify by having logged the three required caches (Groundspeak HQ, Original Stash, and Project APE cache - see cache page for the GCs), you might consider heading out for the final after the event.
So jump in your Peterbilt, grab your GPS receiver, and join us for cofffee in the morning, and head out to discover just what is so special about Morton.
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