Travel Bug Dog Tag Uncle Fred’s Travel-size Tusk

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Owner:
Darmok and Jalad Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Origin:
Alaska, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

Travel to Holland, Michigan, where the original Tusk currently resides. 

About This Item

Uncle Fred’s Travel-size Tusk

This TB commemorates my Great Uncle Fred Klerekoper, who was a Presbyterian Missionary in Alaska in the 1930s and 40s. He mailed a real Walrus Tusk to my Grandfather in Michigan without any packaging. He simply put the addresses on white medical tape to the Tusk and popped it in the mail. Can you imagine doing that today?

 

Learn more about Uncle Fred though our other TB Uncle Fred’s Ring https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=78346854-a00b-46ce-a612-b31b205e410a

 

Note: No walruses were harmed in the creation of this TB. 

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Tracking History (11328.8mi) View Map

Write note 6/24/2004 Huntnlady posted a note for it   Visit Log

Henrietta was wondering where her necklace had gone...

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Retrieve It from a Cache 6/19/2004 Huntnlady retrieved it from ClayJar's AlaskaQuest 2004 Louisiana   Visit Log

Oh man groan I was reading the logs, and this TB in its original incarnation has already been to the Napa Valley. Sorry about that, it was so unusual, I grabbed it out of Clayjar's moving cache and brought it home with me. 🤭 I'm so embarassed!
Dropped Off 6/19/2004 jeeplife placed it in ClayJar's AlaskaQuest 2004 Louisiana - 1,776.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/19/2004 jeeplife retrieved it from ClayJar's AlaskaQuest 2004 Louisiana   Visit Log

I'll admit I found this one in Sacto during clayjar's visit. I just had to take a pic with Ol' Red...
Dropped Off 6/19/2004 sailorscodgers placed it in ClayJar's AlaskaQuest 2004 Louisiana - 1,776.76 miles  Visit Log
  • Mrs. Codger? Take me with you, ClayJar?
  • Maybe it was on ClayJar's Car!
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/12/2004 sailorscodgers retrieved it from Springtime in Coloma - RCGDS June Picnic California   Visit Log

We'll see if this time this gets around a little better.

  • This building? Did this building originally have this TB? It does have one of its own...
http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=57279
  • The whole building.
Dropped Off 6/11/2004 Darmok and Jalad placed it in Springtime in Coloma - RCGDS June Picnic California - 84.11 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 6/10/2004 Darmok and Jalad grabbed it   Visit Log

(formerly Winestopper Travel Bug)

We learned it must be bad chi to have "stopper" in the name of a travel bug when you want it to go!go!go!

  • RIP Winestopper
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/29/2003 Jakeblews retrieved it from Yountville Cemetery California   Visit Log
Dropped Off 11/23/2003 Darmok and Jalad placed it in Yountville Cemetery California   Visit Log
  • Wine Stopper Christens Yountville Cemetary Cache
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