Love Bug-Guthrie Brass Filigree

I maintain records on my trackables. They have the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by more than 25 cachers. That is a target rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The past average drop rate of my trackables in US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!

If in the US, please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.

This is one of a series of heart-shaped items obtained from different places and converted into travel bugs. They are named either for the places of their origin or for Texas Panhandle-South Plains towns with interesting names or histories.

The history of Guthrie and King County is the history of the cattle ranches of the region.  A plaque at a rest stop on US 82, just west of Guthrie, reads as follows.  “KING COUNTY.  Created Aug. 21, 1876, from Bexar County, whose diamond-shaped boundaries extended from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle to El Paso.  Named for William King, who died at the Alamo.  Chief industry, ranching, is reflected in its famous brands: 6666, Pitchfork, JY, SMS and Matador.  A population of only 173 in 1890 was aided in formal organization by petitions signed by itinerants.  Names of favorite horses were also added.  Organization came on June 25, 1891.  In establishing county seat, cowboys voted for Guthrie, which won over Ashville, choice of the ranchers.”