GCYXZC American Eagle (Traditional Cache) in Missouri, United States created by caveman23

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A cache by caveman23 Message this owner

Hidden : 10/17/2006

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Here you can see several cedar trees that are common throughout southwest Missouri. There are two types that grow in this area, red cedar and white cedar. Red cedar with its red,aromatic,rot resistant wood was valuable especially for fence posts. Of the two types of trees it is the most common and grows in the typical Christmas tree shape. The white cedar is valuable for its soft light colored wood and is used for making pencils. Its shape is more rounded than that of the red cedar.

There were a lot of cedar trees harvested from this area between the years 1945 to 1948 by the American Eagle Pencil Company, among others. You can still see some of the old stumps. During the Depression the locals would cut the cedars and haul them to the Gretna Railroad ( near the charcoal plant on Shepherd of the Hills Expressway) where they were paid a penny a log.

What a way to make a living!

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