Farragut State Park Traditional Geocache
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Farragut State Park
Welcome to Farragut State Park
Located on the southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of northern Idaho, Farragut State Park offers unique scenery, history and an abundance of recreational opportunities, including disc golf, radio-controlled airplane field, fishing, hiking, biking, equestrian facilities and even World War II history - don't miss the Museum at the Brig during your visit.
The site formerly held the Farragut Naval Training Station, a major training base of the U.S. Navy during World War II. The base was named after David Farragut (1801–1870), the first admiral in the U.S. Navy and the leading naval officer during the Civil War.
Ground was broken in March 1942 and its first phase opened in early August; by September the base had a population of 55,000, making it the largest city in Idaho. It was the second-largest naval training center in the world at the time, and liberty trains ran three times daily to Spokane. The base was visited by President Roosevelt and movie star Lana Turner, who spent her first six years in Wallace. Roosevelt's visit in September 1942 was kept secret until he returned to Washington, D.C.
Over 293,000 sailors received basic training at Farragut during its 30 months of existence. The last recruit graduated in March 1945 and the facility was decommissioned in June 1946. It was also used as a prisoner of war camp in 1945, run by the U.S. Army; nearly 900 Germans, most captured shortly after D-Day, worked as gardeners and maintenance men. Migrating deer were a traffic hazard and hunting was prohibited on federal property.
The cache is located near; however, not on the park welcome sign.
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