This sign-only semi-micro is hidden near the Georgie Duke Sports Center in downtown Vacaville. George Duke was an advocate for youth sports in Vacaville; a former professional boxer, he trained many amateur boxers in town over a period of 30 years. From a recent article about George in The Reporter:
Born in San Francisco in 1921, George grew up on a chicken ranch in Petaluma. The couple who raised him died when he was in his teens, so he worked part-time jobs to support himself. He delivered milk, cleaned counters at a butcher store, bagged groceries, pumped gas and changed the marquee at the local movie theater.
He was living in a room at a Texaco gas station when he started boxing at a local boy's club.
By the time he was 17, he'd made a name for himself. From 1938 to 1939, he fought 98 amateur fights, with 79 wins, 8 losses and 11 draws. He was never knocked out.
With the exception of service in the U.S. Army during World War II in 1945, he fought professionally until 1950.
His middleweight professional fights were in Bay Area cities, in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Fresno and Seattle. Many of his fights were at the National Hall in San Francisco, also knows as "Bucket of Blood."
He fought 68 times as a professional, and although he lost 18 of them, he won nine in rematches. Before his retirement, he fought three world champions in non-title bouts and defeated Carl "Bobo" Olson, who would go on to become middleweight champion of the world.
George's titles include the Jr. Welterweight title of the Pacific Association AAU at 147 pounds; Senior Champ; and Champ of the 147-pound class in the Diamond Belt Tournament.
In 1988, he was inducted into the Bay Area Boxing Hall of Fame.
He died Sept. 2, 2002 at the age of 80
The container is a metal tin, one of those that an AOL CD came in. It is 5-1/2 x 5 inches and 3/8 of an inch deep, so will hold only cards and coins and the like. In the beginning it contained a geo-note and some log sheets; bring your own writing tool, and please remember to resecure the box so gravity won't defeat the closure. The coordinates were derived from an aerial photo, as my Legend wouldn't settle down because of the surroundings.