Black Bass Cache Traditional Geocache
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Off beaten path in the gap of the bluff. If you get to the fence, you've gone too far.
Cache is an ammo container containing fishing lures, toy props and a nice mini AM/FM radio (for FTF).
Black Bass Lake, created by a masonry dam almost as old as the city itself, was Eureka Springs' drinking water supply into the 1960s. It is one of the city's hidden treasures; few know about it or where to find it.
The history of Black Bass Lake and Dam is an interesting one. After four devastating fires between 1883 and 1892, the city contracted with a company in Chicago, Ill., to construct a 150-foot long, 12-foot high limestone masonry dam in a hollow below Sycamore Spring. Several springs would feed the lake, including Oil, Arsenic and Saucer springs.
After a drought and poor water quality around the turn of the century sparked citizen demands for a better water supply, a new dam was completed on top of the existing dam in 1916. It was 56 feet high and 450 feet long, the "Ozarks' highest dam" at the time, according to the Joplin, Mo., Globe.
The Parks Department has recently accepted bids for work to make hiking/biking trails and parking and canoe/kayak launch areas at the lake. To get to the lake and parking, take Oil Springs Road off of Hwy 62. Stay left on Oil Springs Road and it will take you to Black Bass Dam.
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