The Cucumber Tree Traditional Cache
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The cache is a gallon sized container and has a toy box theme and should also serve well as a convenient travel bug hotel for locals as there are not many easily accessible large caches in the immediate area. Bring the kids and your largest travel bugs & trades. It is stocked with toys and Pez. FTF pin was from the Indigo Golden Corral Roundup Event Cache.
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Cucumber Tree: Magnolia acuminata / magnolia acuminata
American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber
Although globally widespread and secure in Indiana this tree is listed as listed as endangered. It will thrive if planted.
According to the Purdue Cooperative Extension Office:
As the common name suggests, the immature
fruits are green and resemble a cucumber.
Pioneers added the seeds to whisky
to make bitters, a supposed remedy for many
ailments. The best place to view this magnolia
is in the Indian Bitters Nature Preserve in
Jackson-Washington State Forest. The state Big
Tree champion is a planted yard specimen in
Greensburg, Indiana. It stands 79 feet tall with
a trunk diameter of nearly three feet.
There is a benchmark on the South side of the Cemetary close to the road.
Benchmark JZ1606
Designation: Q 276
39:40.172
85:10.562 (596) the cords in brackets are mine
My great grandparents Charles & Mable Welch are buried here with a memorial stone for their son, Owen Welch, who was lost in WWII over the Himalayas in India as a radio operator aboard a supply plane.
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