Welcome to the Visit Conroe Texas GeoTour.
Download and print your GeoTour passport and don't forget to get the code letter in each cache, complete the passport, and turn in for a commemorative coin. You may also pickup a copy of the passport at the Visit Conroe office address listed below.
Whatever time of year brings you to the area, there are numerous activities to enjoy. Get your
Visit Conroe Visitors Guide here.
Now for the Cache:
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but that's a good place to start! When you find this cache, perhaps you will have located the final resting place for the King of Diamonds.
From 1956 to 1966 a cat burglar heisted more than $1 million in jewels from palatial homes in north Dallas and Park Cities. He made impossible entrances through seemingly in-accessible windows - like that shown in the 1964 film named "Topkapi" about a heist of an emerald encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace. The thief slipped away unobserved on all but one occasion.
The list of his victims read like the Dallas social register: James Ling, Clint Murchison, Sr., P. E. Haggerty (then president of Texas Instruments), and at least a dozen others. Each time the thief knew exactly what he was doing. He never cracked a safe but simply lifted the goods from a bathroom dressing table. He took only women’s jewelry—and only the best pieces at that, never costume jewelry and never ordinary items like pearls. The Dallas police force nicknamed this thief "King of Diamonds," as he was the most daring - and most successful - jewel thief ever to operate in Dallas.
The King reaped so much publicity he became an inspiration for lesser thieves, who attempted to emulate him without success. Arrests were made, some jewels recovered, but the King himself was never caught. All police have is a single description, plus the certain clue that the King must have had close contacts in Dallas society. The search centered for a while on a young gigolo, but the police could prove nothing. The King’s last performance came in February 1966. True story - Texas Monthly June 1976 - "The Trail of the Vanished Gems!"
This cache may reveal the King of Diamonds lived out his final days in hiding while in the Sam Houston National Forest very close to Stubblefield Road. It's been said there are jewels in the forest.
You can find this cache at night by going to the listed coordinates where you will see two orange eyes staring at you. Follow the several cyclops (one orange eye) until you come to triceratops (three orange eyes) where you will find a very large and unique cache container.
To find this cache in the daytime, start at the listed coordinates and go 91.5 feet at a bearing of 353.48 degrees.
LETTERBOX: A letterbox cache is a little bit different than your normal cache. For this type of cache, you need to have your own stamp and log book. When you find the cache, log it by signing the log as you normally would and then stamp the log with your stamp. Then, stamp your personal log book with our stamp in the Cache. If you don’t have a stamp that’s okay too; just sign the log like you would any other cache. PLEASE LEAVE THE STAMP IN THE CACHE!!
Redeem Completed Passport:
Please email a picture of your completed passport to visitconroegeotour@gmail.com to receive your Conroe Geocoin!
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