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Little Bunny Fu Fu LbNA #30109 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adams Trails
Plant date:Apr 16, 2007
Location:
City:Malakoff
County:Henderson
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: 4Armstrongs
Last found:Jun 14, 2008
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Apr 16, 2007
. Malakoff Man", Coal, Clay & Brick


In the 1930s, several heads were found which closely resembled the Olmec heads found in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. Collectively they were known as "Malakoff Man" and their origin remains a mystery.

They were actually found closer to Trinidad, but naming them "Trinidad Man" may have caused some confusion. Maybe these "Malakoff Men" built the mysterious rock wall in Rockwall County. A total of three heads were found, although extensive excavations failed to yield other artifacts.

But the soil revealed other things. Coal and Clay. Coal was discovered in 1912 and mining became the dominant industry in Henderson County during the 20s and 30s. Texas Power and Light built a generating station close to the lignite source and as many as 600 miners worked the veins of coal. There has been a Miner's Reunion held every five years in Malakoff since the mines closed in 1945.

Brick was the town's other industry, although ironically, most of the downtown buildings were built prior to the plant's construction. The two huge kilns remain today and brick production continues under the name of Acme. Bricks that are found around the state marked MALAKOFF are usually light-colored.

In 1904 Mr. Thomas Anthony Bartlett of Malakoff devised a way of coloring brick, touching off a new age of architectural elegance. He took his discovery to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and won a Blue Ribbon for his white brick.


Clues to box------From Hwy 331 and 198, go south on 198 past the school (on right) and look left to see the park. Park in any spot and walk behind the baseball diamond by the creek. You will pass one iron bridge before you get to the ball diamond field. You will then come to a second bridge. You will walk 490 feet from the iron bridge down the little creek to the tree with a hole in it about head high. Box is covered with 2 inch round sticks. You can measure your feet anyway you please. I believe you will be walking west. I consider it the last tree before the creek Ys. You may see it differently.