RED RIVER PLUNGE on SALT FORK OF THE RED (NML)
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"Easy stop and grab near a historical marker. Be sure and read the nearby marker for an interesting bit of trivia."
WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH MUGGLES.... SO CHIP AND I MOVE IT... THX TO Geogopher & wsp2, FOR SETTING THE FIRST ONE (GCJ66M Red River Plunge),FOR THE Texas County Challenge....
WELL! THE STORY IS NO TOTALLY RIGHT... I KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY.... IT WAS TOLD TO ME BY CLUDE McKENNY ( THE UNDER SHERIFF) AND THE PRITCHARD'S GIRL (THE ONE THAT GOT HER INDEX FINGER SHOT OFF)... I MEET HER WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 30-32 YEARS OLD.... I'VE ALSO VERIFIED THIS WITH GER SON, JUST LAST YEAR.
Red River Plunge of Bonnie and Clyde - , Collingsworth County, Texas
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Directions: From Wellington, take U.S. 83 north about 8 miles to Red River bridge; marker is located on south side of bridge, east sid of road. The state has blocked tho old bridge from being used. So: You will need to pick how you get across. But you can drive to it.
Marker #: 5087004218
Year Dedicated: 1975
Size, type: 18" x 28"
Last reported condition: No report
Red River Plunge of Bonnie and Clyde - On June 10, 1933, Mr. & Mrs. Sam Pritchard and family saw from their home on the bluff (west) the plunge of an auto into Red River. Rescuing the victims, unrecognized as Bonnie Parker and Clyde and Buck Barrow, they sent for help. Upon their arrival, the local sheriff and police chief were disarmed by Bonnie Parker. Buck Barrow shot Pritchard's daughter while crippling the family car to halt pursuit. Kidnapping the officers, the gangsters fled. Bonnie & Clyde were fated to meet death in 1934. In this quiet region, the escapade is now legend. (1975)
Decimal degrees: N 34.956143 W -100.221169
Degrees, minutes: N 34 57.369 W 0100 13.270
UTM: Zone 14, Easting 388504, Northing 3868860
I saw the letter that Clyde wrote to Mr. George…. I’ll try to quote: “The next time I come through Collingsworth Co. I want the Sheriff’s Department. to be driving a Ford….” Written on a typewriter…. That was Clyde’s way….
Story by myfredy aka Fred Peters.
"The cache is on the northbound side but should be easy to get even if you're headed south. There's a u-turn nearby, so use it instead of crossing the road on foot. There's also a nice park on the southbound side just up a little from the cache."
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AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT I WAS IN THE DARK ABOUT THIS TIME IN OUR TEXAS/OKLAHOMA HISTORY….THIS WAS A NO MAN’S LAND WHICH WAS LATER IN JACKSON HOLE, WY (visit link)
WE HAD SOME SPECIAL HISTORY THAT MOST OF THE STATE DON’T KNOW OR UNDERSTAND… I DOSE NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE ON THE OKLAHOMA SIDE OR THE TEXAS SIDE THERE ARE STILL GREAT STORIES/LESSON…
IT APPEARS THAT THE TWO STATES (TX &OK) HAVE TRIED TO INCREASE THERE LAND HOLDINGS…. [SEE MAPS] THIS STARTED WHEN TEXAS BECAME A NATION…. HOWEVER IT DIDN’T GO TO COURT UNTIL OKLAHOMA BECAME A STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOV. WANTED THE LAND FOR INDIAN NATIONS,, ABOUT 1822-1914…. THEN IN 1907 OKLAHOMA BECAME A STATE…. FULLED WITH NATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS….
IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT TEXAS ASSUMED THE IT’S BORDER WERE TO REMAIN AS THE SPANISH HAD DRAWN THEM… [SEE MAP A] HOWEVER THE U.S. TOOK MOST OF THE NORTHERN PART OF TEXAS WHEN THEY WERE ADMITTED IN 1945 AND BASICALLY CUT OFF THE TOPS OF LOUISIANA (PART OF THE PURCHASE) AND TEXAS… LEAVING TEXAS WITH A PANHANDLE….
THE LAND DISPUTE WAS ABOUT THE NORTHERN BOARDS…
OKLAHOMA WANTED PEASE RIVER ESTABLISHED AS THERE SOUTHERN BORDER (WHICH RUNS JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH, TX).. (visit link)
SO TEXAS SAID THEY WANTED THE NORTH FORK OF THE RED (JUST NORTH OF SHAMROCK, TX..)…[SEE MAP B]
AS THE FIGHT ESCALATED OKLAHOMA THAN ASK FOR THE 101st (WEST THE OTHER SIDE OF CLAREDON, TX.)…
TEXAS ASK FOR THE 99th (EAST OF MAGNUM, OK)…
THEN OKLAHOMA ASK FOR THE 102nd (WEST OF CANYON, TX.)…
AND TEXAS ASK FOR THE 98th… (EAST OF ANADARLO, OK)
THE BIG COMPROMISE…
OR AS WE TEXANS SAID: “STEALING OF OUR LAND” resulted in the loss from Texas to what is now Oklahoma of 1,511,576 acres.
IN 1927 IT WAS TAKEN BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESENT BOUNDARY WAS ESTABLISHED…I’M NOT SURE THAT I’VE GOT IT ALL RIGHT YET,, MAY NEED A LAWYER????
THERE WAS A 3rd COURT MEETING IN 1989 BUT THE BOUNDRY DIDN’T CHANGE…
. { I THINK OKLAHOMA JUST WANTED THE COTTONBOWL AND COWBOYS TO BE ADDED TO OKLAHOMA????} JUST KIDDIN…..
…. I REMEMBER A MENTION OF THE TEXAS DISPUTE IN 7th GRADE TEXAS HISTORY CLASS…
I STARTED MY FIRST CACHE WITH “NO MANS LAND SOUTH” (GC17RYG ) AS I THOUGHT ABOUT IT… I DECIDED IT WOULD BE NICE TO SET UP THE SERIES TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE…
. AS WE DROVE DOWN THE 100th MERIDIAN WE FOUND A TYPE OF BENCH MARK THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE SUPREM COURT IN 1927… I WILL CONTACT WAYPOINT AND SEE IF WE CAN SET THEM UP TOO???
MY GPS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE PLACED @ 100. 00.024 ABOUT 1 (ONE) MILES APART… THX FOR YOUR HELP…. L8R FREDY
Additional Hints
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