Turner Oak Virtual Cache
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Great History, Old Oak!
Stop by Turner Oak for a look where a cache has been hidden before!
Heres a bit of history:
Charles Turner first came to Fort Worth in 1848 or 1849 but apparently did not settle at that time as he and his wife Amanda Levicia Adams are on the 1850 Shelby County, Texas census. By trade he was known as a 'trader and plunger.' He was one of 5 soldiers sent out from Johnson's Station, June 6, 1849 to locate a site for a fort; the location of present day Fort Worth was selected.
It was on this area Charles established a home for his family. At the beginning of the War Between the States he disobeyed a direct order that all gold should be exchanged for Confederate money. He buried what was believed to be thousands of dollars worth of gold under that oak tree with a trusted slave. Later, that gold was a stabilizing influence in young Fort Worth's economy and also freed Ft. Worth of debt owned Northern creditors.
To claim this cache email us with Charles Turners rank in the Rangers as posted on the marker, and the date the tree was dedicated.
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Ovt Gerr! Gjb cyndhrf.