Central Oklahoma Geocachers
Spring Fling 2020
“Show Me The Cache”
Robbers Cave State Park
September 19th, 8:00am – September 20th, 1:00pm
Co-Hosted by
BoomerBuckeyes and PSteelman1
Let’s meet for a weekend of fun and comradery in Wilburton, Oklahoma.
Along with the event date change the park reservations manager blocked 24 cabins and 10 lodge rooms. With all the cancellations and postponements this spring cabins, lodge rooms, and camp sites will go quick. Don't hesitate, call soon and update your reservations to the new date. This may also be an opportunity to move or upgrade your previous reservation if you so desire. Please check the COG Facebook page below, or contact us directly at: BoomerBuckeyes@aol.com for details.
Don’t delay, make your reservations today.
Add the event to your watch list for updates as they become available.
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As always, this event is free and open to the public.
Keep an eye out for COG 2020 Spring Fling Chomp Fest – hosted by Team Gator OKC.
Robbers Cave State Park History
In 1929 Carlton Weaver, a Wilburton newspaper editor and state representative, donated 120 acres surrounding the cave to the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for use as a camp. John Newell, warden at McAlester's State Penitentiary, soon arranged for a group of skilled inmates to begin improving the site. Using locally quarried rock, the prisoners built a kitchen and several buildings that were used as headquarters for different scout troops. Named Camp Tom Hale, honoring a McAlester businessman and BSA supporter, the facility was adjacent to a tract of land that Weaver had leased and later donated to the state fish and game commission to create a large game preserve. In 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1825 was organized and located at the state game preserve. In 1935, under the supervision of the National Parks Service, the State Parks Division took control of the area. Between 1935 and 1941 CCC Company 1825 built a bathhouse, cabins, trails, group camps, shelters, and roads. Again, native stone was used on these projects. In 1937 the CCC and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created Lake Carlton, named for Carlton Weaver.
Situated in the Sans Bois Mountains, Robbers Cave State Park features rock bluffs of sandstone and shale. The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NR 96000489) in 2002.
Children of all ages will enjoy the Oklahoma State Parks Nature Study Challenge
A great way to see Oklahoma's natural world is to visit a state park. If you're unable to travel to all the parks, the Nature Study Challenge takes you on virtual trips to special places across Oklahoma. Your guides for these virtual trips are internet websites from Oklahoma State Parks and the Oklahoma Nature Conservancy. The Nature Study Challenge has two parts; the "Oklahoma Pathfinder" and the "State Park Scentist." You can complete one or both, and earn rewards for each part completed.
Nature Study Website
New this year - Favorite Cache Categories/Games
- Best representation of Spring Fling Theme
- Most Overall Creative
- Favorite Overall
Games - All attendees are eligible for individual game prizes.
Schedule of Events - It's coming together.
Sunday Event Prize Drawing - Attendees who pre-register, or register in person by noon on Saturday, will be eligible for the event prize drawings on Sunday.
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