THE Big Spring Traditional Cache
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A traditional cache near the Historical Big Spring in an old ammo box. Coordinates are updated as of 8-9-03.
Updated coordinates 8-9-03.
When finding this traditional cache take time to visit "the big spring" for which the city was named (in the city park).
The ancient spring attracted prehistoric people, Amerinds, Spaniards, Mexicans and Anglos. The fascinating Comanche 'War Trail' to Mexico branched at the spring.
Old tales are legion and photographic documentation is extensive.
Early explorers and cartographers noted the 'big spring of the Colorado River'. In 1839, Dr. Henry Connelly, a trader from Chihuahua, Mexico successfully led a huge caravan with a fortune in silver to Fort Towson, Oklahoma, stopping midway at the spring. U.S. Army Captain R.B. Marcy in 1849 lauded the beauty of the place and one of his Indian guides, Manuel, said that his brother-in-law died in a battle between Indians at the spring, fifteen years earlier. Official reports of Texas Rangers and U.S. Cavalry frequently mention the Big Spring and the city was such named.
The cache is in an old ammo box .
This is a frequented area in the summer months. Please be discreet and avoid prying eyes. I had to move the original cache location because the other had been vandalized twice.
This would be an easy lunchtime cache.
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