The Beanie Cache Traditional Cache
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Start your adventure by going south on Tow Hill Road via Rt. 550. Continue on a small dirt road to the parking place at N 40 45.981 W 078 00.947
We have found a lovely place where you can take your kids for a walk in the woods. Actually, it is near the Tow Hill ghost town, you can observe remnants of buildings and with some imagination you may also be able to see a ghost.
HISTORY: An iron ore mine was operated by the Juniata Iron and Furnace Company in this area between 1880 and 1895. The town of Tow Hill consisted of about two dozen log houses, a school house for twelve students in grades 1 to 5, two big frame houses for the head boss, a company grocery store and train station, an ore washer, and loading platforms.
Tow Hill may have gotten its name from a type of oil lamp carried by people there, a sort of "Aladdin's lamp", which used tow (flax fibers) as a wick. Some suppose it was named for the tow-colored fields of flax grown there. Another story indicates the name came from "towing" the carts up to the ore pits, and then letting them roll down the hill again. (Source: Jean Aron "The short Hiker").
We have called the cache "The Beanie Cache" because we have started the content with some Beanies from McDonald's. So take your kids for a walk in the woods and reward them with a Beanie. We have also started the cache with some Geocoins, a green Jeep T.B., and a "First-to- Find" gift. Remember that this is State Game Land, so do not forget to wear orange during the hunting season.
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(Decrypt)
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