MCH #6 The Churches of Eddy Multi-Cache

This is a three-stage multi-cache that starts at the historical marker for Eddy Methodist Church. This is the sixth in the series "McLennan County History."

In 1868 a congregation of Methodist living in the Bell and Mclennan county region between Elm and Bull hide Creeks erected a simple sanctary at the site of a nearby cedar log toll bridge. The Rev. James Peeler, a Waco district Methodist Circuit preacher, served the Cedar Bridge Church congregation in 1873. The community of Eddy, known as Marvin when first settled about 1880, moved toward the railroad tracks extended through this area by the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad in1882. That year a building known as Sage Chapel was relocated from local rancher Charles Dunning's Land to Eddy for use by the Methodist and Baptist Congregation. Eddy Mothodest erected a new church building at this site in 1892. This sancturary, built in 1912 through the efforts of the Rev. S.B. Knowles, is a good example of an Akron plan Church. It features elaborate German-, ade stained glass windows, a stamped metal ceiling, and Prairie School style infuences sch as overhanging eaves with brackets, a hipped roof,and tower. Bruceville and Eddy Methodist Churches merged to form the Bruceville-Eddy United Methodist Churchin 1983. Renovation of the sanctuary in 1993 included placement of the Bruceville Church Bell in the Belfry.

When you find this marker, count down to the eighth line from the top and write down the second word. Use the table at the bottom of this listing to determine the value of each letter in the word. Add up these values and save the result. Then go to the next historical marker at the following coordinates.

N31 17.855 W097 15.296

Organized as Sage Chapel in 1875,this congregation moved its one-room frame sanctuary two miles east to the new town of Eddy in 1882. The church building also served as a schoolhouse for the community, and the local Methodist congregation shared the facility until new Baptist sanctuary was dedicated on April 28, 1912, after two previous structures were destroyed by fire. This church has grown with the city of Eddy and continues to serve the community.

When you find the second marker, count down to the seventh line from the top and write down the first word of that line. Again, use the table at the bottom of this listing to determine the value of each letter in the word. Add up these values, and add the result to the value you got from the second marker. Put a decimal point in front of it, and add the result to both the North and West coordinate of the following.

N31 17.787 W097 16.254

This will bring you to the final stage.

As an example, suppose the word is CHESS. C=3, H=8, E=5, S=19,S=19, and the total is 54. Putting a decimal point in front gives .54. Adding this to both coordinates gives N31 18.327 W097 06.794. Remember to carry past the decimal point if necessary!

The final stage is a cammoed film canister.