This cache will bring you to steel model of a sternwheeler named Mascot. Please do NOT climb on the rocks or climb up to the model. The cache can be reached without climbing.
For my first hide, I wanted to do an easy P&G at a place that had some history to share! Log-only, please BYOP. Tweezers, or a similar tool, will be needed. Please rehide in the same spot. Stealth may be required, especially in the summer.
Time for a little bit of history! Mascot was a multi-use sternwheeler that was built in 1890 and operated on the Lewis River (and other nearby rivers) for around 21 years. While Mascot was a profitable ship, the sternwheeler often attracted a lot of bad luck. This lead locals to believe that the ship was "jinxed" or "cursed." Throughout its 21 years in service, Mascot bounced back from multiple sinkings, a collision with another sternwheeler named Hercules, shallow waters, and the death of one of its deckhands. Mascot's bad luck striked for the last time on March 19th, 1911 when a fire broke out in the hold, causing the oil tank to explode; which killed the ship's steward and injured several other members of the crew. Pieces of machinery that were salvaged from the wreckage were sold off a month later. The only known remaining piece of Mascot is a kerosene lantern that is a part of the collection at the North Clark County Historical Museum in Amboy, Washington.