Okay, so it's more of a 'bronzey gaze', but that really doesn't have the same effect as 'steely'. At any rate, soon after we relocated to Montgomery, while out walking the Cache Hound, we wondered why there wasn't a cache associated with so distinguished a character as Lemuel Purnell Montgomery, so we decided to do something about it.
Lemuel Purnell Montgomery (c. 1786 – March 27, 1814) was a lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee as the War of 1812 began and was commissioned as Major of the 39th Regiment. He is probably, and rather unfortunately, best known as being one of the first, if not the very first, American causualty at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
"Maj. Lemuel Purnell Montgomery of the Thirty-Ninth Regiment was one of the first Americans to fall. He had just shot through a porthole, when an instant after, he fell dead, his head pierced by a bullet coming from the same place." - History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 1 by Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen.
While Montgomery County is named for Maj. Lemuel P. Montgomery, the city of Montgomery, oddly enough, takes its name from Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada.
The cache itself will not be found at the listed coordinates, but it is not too far off. In fact, Maj. Montgomery is dutifully keeping his eye on the prize. Simply follow that steely (okay, 'bronzey') gaze for approximately 27 yards and hopefully you'll get a smiley.
(This is a fairly busy spot during normal business hours, so stealth mode may come in handy. After hours and on the weekend, it's fairly deserted. Oh, and it's an ity bitty one, so bring a pen and an extractor.)