Swamp Thing of Possum Trot Traditional Cache
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Swamp Thing of Possum Trot
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You area searching for an ammo can just off the road. The terrain in this area can be a 2 or a 4.5. Two wheel drives are possible and 4X4 are a sure thing. The road today was a two. Let me know how you find it. An extraction tool is desired.
When I stopped to place this cache I was thinking about how many split rails and how much lumber has been taken from this swamp over the years. I love the little swamp area and the cache location was just calling for a placement. This is another Possum Trot cache placed to honor the history of Baker County and the families that made it what it is today.
The jacket of the book, “Possum Trot,” by Anne L. Harwick copy written in 1968, depicts the area as harsh and desolate. “It is difficult to conceive that people such as described live and work under such miserable conditions. Yet it is certainly true. However, these folks are good, honest, sincere and god-fearing.” Anne L. Harwick Possum Trot.
A one time Olympian, world record holder, sports writer and social worker knew the area and the people that lived there. She found their circumstances to be remarkable and adverse, but she found the people to be real, honest, hard working and sincere. Harwick, a social worker, lived in the area, knew the people and understand their educational background and their social standing.
Possum Trot and the families that once lived there played a major role in the development of Baker County. The Stone, Lauramore, Pelham, Hodges, Gaskins, Raulerson, Bowen, Barber and Harvey families are a few of the family names mentioned in the book. Areas of the county like Tiger Crick and Seven Bridges are included in the tale. Also included are rattle snakes, alligators and the tale of the tiger that ate old Mr. Harvey. Maybe that is where the names Tiger Lake and Tiger Crick came from.
This small, out of print, hard to find book is a hard read. The book is written in the vernacular used by the folks of Possum Trot and many others living in the area at that time. The story itself is simple and without circumstance. The events are unremarkable and the people are unextraordinary. Possum Trot is a simple story about simple people who worked hard just to survive. It is about people filled with hope who cared for each other. Most of all it is about the seeds or the roots of what would one day become Baker County. It’s about men and women of pride, character and determination. It’s about us.
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