Davy Crockett Trilogy - Birthplace Traditional Cache
Davy Crockett Trilogy - Birthplace
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(SEEMS THE NOLINCHUCKY ATE THE ORIGINAL AND ITS REPLACEMENT...GOOD NEWS!...CACHE IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN (8/10/2003...) on HIGH GROUND. This cache is CLEAR PLASTIC cylinder full of cowboys and indians. It is located along the Nolichuckey River in Greene County, Tennessee, at a site known as Davy Crockett's Birthplace. GPS signals a little erratic at site so you may want to peek at hint on this one. (CACHE is now high above river bank.)
Best known for the words, "Be sure you're right and then go ahead," Davy was respected for his honesty and sincerity. It was those values that have made him a hero to many people today.
Walt Disney made a television series about Davy Crockett, starring Fess Parker, that was on television when I was a kid. My brother and I became instant Davy Crockett fans. We had coon skin caps and knew most of the verses of the theme song, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, by heart. This is the inspiration for this Trilogy of Davy Crockett caches.
In 1973, the Davy Crockett Birthplace Association
presented the park to the State of Tennessee. Deteriorating conditions and new research indicating historical inaccuracies in the first reconstruction were leading factors in the decision by the Department to dismantle and rebuild it again. Today, the new cabin reconstruction stands in the park reflecting the type of frontier home Davy Crockett would have most likely lived in during his early years.
In 1976, additional land was purchased for the park, which consists of
a campground, hiking trail and a site for the Park Manager's residence.
Encased in stone in front of the cabin is an engraved marker reported to have been the footstone of the original cabin. Engraving of the marker is documented to have taken place at or about the time of the 100th birthday celebration of Davy Crockett in 1886.
Located near the cabin is a monument erected in the late 1960's by the Ruritan Club in memory of Davy Crocket. Owing to Crockett's stature as a national hero, each of the 50 states is represented in the wall of the monument. Stones native to each state are incorporated in the monument wall and engraved in the respective state's name.
Cache contains the usual goodies...take something...leave something... and be sure to sign the log. Hope you enjoy your visit to this park and the hunt for the cache! GPS signal very erratic at cache site. Good idea to decipher clue on this one.
Weblink to park: ** (visit link)
Weblink to lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett:
** (visit link)
### Travel bug on page was in original container...hopefully will wash up somewhere!###
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