THE GEOCACHE
This is one of 20 historical caches along the Butler Freeport Community Trail, formerly the Butler Branch of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad. Please replace container exactly as found if not better hidden. Difficulty rating increased due to muggle activity frequently
THE GEOCOIN
Inside each BFTHGT cache container is a QR CODE and trackable number. Scanning the code will open a trackable page. Visitors discovering AT LEAST 15 of the 20 trackables are eligible to claim a BFTHGT commemorative trackable geocoin. To get your coin, visit:
http://www.butlerfreeporttrail.org/on-the-butler-freeport-community-trail/geocaching/
FELLOWSHIP CROSSING
The Butler Freeport Community Trail has been so many years in the making. With the completion of Fellowship Crossing in 2015, the trail finally reaches the entire way from Freeport into Butler.
STANDARD GLASS
Father Marinaro Park was not always a park; in its former life, it was the site of Standard Plate Glass Company, founded in 1887. It was Butler’s first industry that could compete on a national level. Butler, having an abundant supply of natural gas, made plate-glass-making a profitable industry.
In 1932, Franklin Glass purchased the company, operating for 25 years before it closed for good. The recipe for glass is silica (sand, which was mined in another location along the trail, south of Cabot), soda (potash), arsenic (used to take the bubbles out), and lime. Heated until molten glass is formed, a gob was then added to the end of a blowpipe and blown by craftsmen into a final product: vases, bowls, plates, bottles, and even window glass and mirrors.
For more information read The Standard Plate Glass Company by Ray D. Hoffman