Those who fail to tearn from history are doomed to repeat it -George Santayana
One of the joys of geocaching is that it can take you to places you didn't know existed, right down the road. This place is a piece of our past, fortunately. We have learned pigment does not control intelligence.
Lampasas colored school
The oldest public school building in Lampasas is also a reminder of the era of segregated education. This was the site of a schoolhouse for african american students in 1898. In 1922, citizens voted in favor of a 40,000 bond to remodel the grammer school and high school for white students and erect a new building for black students. The new school was built in April-May 1923 in front of the existing frame building. Which was torn down.
The rectangular plan limestone schoolhouse with low gable roof exhibits distinctive stone craftsmanship in its coursed rubble walls, stringcourse, copestone, quoins and decrative niches. In 1864 the school district deeded the building to lampasas county whol used the facily for storage. In 2001 the building was threatened with demolition, but concerned citizens raised money for its preservation and reuse.
This container is considered a hidden in plain site cache but it blends in really well. Remember a geo-cache is a earth container and we should be good stewards of the earth. CITO is an important part of geocaching ( Cache in Trash out) remmber to leave no trace try not to damage the areas we hide in. Return the cache as found.
This cache is part of a joint effort from various central Texas geocachers to give joy to non-premium members in this county. Spearheaded by The Outlaw this easy cache hide is log only bring your own pen/pencil. Please sign the log before clamining a ☺. Look for the cache before checking the hint and it will help develop your geo-senses. Go ahead challenge yourself! Be sure to share a little about your adventure to find the cache, take pictures, have fun, and let us know about it in your log! It helps inspire the hiders to continue to contribute to this game we love.
Thanks for finding this cache it is hidden as part of the Lampasas geo-hiders