SMITH'S CAVE Traditional Cache
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This Cache is in one of the nicest city parks I have yet found. It should be an easy find. In the heart of the city but very secluded.
This is a very nice neighborhood park in Gladstone, Mo. called Hobby Hill Park. It is a little difficult to find due to a lack of signs, but you locate it West from 76 Ter. & N. Oak.
I call it Smith’s Cave because it once had a cave there by that name. It was large and used as a dance hall in the late 1800’s, then for storage after that, and even a speakeasy during prohibition. The cave was blasted shut and filled at its entrance in the 1950’s. Supposedly it went all the way from there to the old cemetery on the south side of Barry rd. at N. Hickory near the entrance to the Ethan’s apartments. Until the park was renovated several years ago you could tell where the entrance had been on the now north side of the road as you enter the park. It is no longer evident, but the history of the cave is interesting…at least to me.
Pack a picnic as the park has a very nice shelter. A small creek meanders around the boundary of the park in the woods. You will not need to do much bushwacking...unless you want to, look for the path. It has a very nice well maintained wide walking path in the woods surrounding it. There is evidence of it having once been a farm due to the rocks in the woods from foundations or rock fence rows. In fact you will find the rocks now protect my cache. Look closely at the ground as I found an old glass inkwell at my cache site. Remember the song about the mountain people turning over the rock and seeing the treasure under it...
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Qhr jrfg nobhg 20 sg. sebz gur zrnqbj vagb gur jbbqf. Na byq svryq fgbar fhaxra sbhaqngvba uvqrf vg. Gur sbhaqngvba vf nobhg 10 sbbg ybat.
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