This cache placement is part of the Garland History GeoTour v2.0. Should you wish to download the GeoTour 2.0 passport to earn our beautiful new GeoCoin, you can find the GeoTour page here. The log will contain a secret word which you must enter on your passport in the appropriate slot.
The Anderson Park Tourist Camp, owned by Luther Killion, was located on Bankhead Highway, current Highway 66, near 
Centerville Road. Once highways, like the Bankhead Highway, connected travel in the U.S., people were able to travel farther distances, but their cars were not able to keep pace. Small tourist camps began to pop up alongside highways as a place for travelers to rest on their journey. Anderson Park Tourist Camp provided travelers with gas, a small cottage with a bed and shared bathroom/washroom space at the front of the camp. Travelers weren’t the only people who visited the park; the Garland community enjoyed the tourist camp’s open space and hosted school picnics and birthday parties.
Prohibition, the outlawing of the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages, was passed on January 16, 1919, in the United States. Although there was wide-ranging support for the temperance movement (it passed with 68% approval), there were still plenty of people lured into making money via alcohol. The United States quickly saw the rise of illegal stills, bootlegging and speakeasies.
The owners of Anderson Park, the Killions, expanded their business during Prohibition with a number of illegal activities. In addition to hosting gambling via cards, a ‘drinks stand’ was opened. This ‘drinks stand’ appears to have been informally called the Green Lantern and included a water dispenser complete with a floor-mounted button. When the button was pushed, the ‘water dispenser’ shot out whiskey instead. The Anderson Park Tourist Camp employees were almost inevitably given a heads-up when the Sheriff was headed their way so they could get things in order – including switching the free-flowing whiskey to water.