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Overton Mustangs (MISSING) LbNA #31010 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Blue Butterfly
Plant date:May 18, 2007
Location:
City:Overton
County:Rusk
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Bloomin' Gramma Jo
Last found:Apr 24, 2008
Status:FFF
Last edited:May 18, 2007
OVERTON, TEXAS. Overton is on the Smith county line sixteen miles northwest of Henderson in northwestern Rusk County. It was laid out in 1873 at a site that was to be the junction of two railroad lines and was named for Frank Overton, an early settler who owned land in the area and donated some of it for a townsite. That same year the first post office was established with James B. Harper as postmaster. The Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad, completed by the mid-1870s, was about sixteen miles long. Overton was a principal shipping point for the International-Great Northern, the first post-Civil War rail system in Rusk County.
A Baptist church was founded at the community in 1875. The oil boom brought many new businesses and people to Overton. Overton was primarily a farming center until oil was discovered in the area around 1930. Residents helped raise funds to finance the drilling of C. M. (Dad) Joiner'sqv third well. (Source: The Texas Handbook Online)

The Overton High School is a 1A school with a rich history in academics as well as athletics and band. The Overton High School Band has been selected as Honor Band, the highest ranking of a Texas high school band.. This year for the first time in it’s history, the baseball team made the playoffs. Go Mustangs!
Colors: Green and White


Directions:
In Overton at the intersection of 135 and 850 (West Henderson St) turn west onto 850 (W. Henderson St.) Drive about .2 of a mile you will see a sign that reads “Community Park” with with an arrow pointing the way Turn south onto South Meadowbrook Dr.
Follow this street until you get arrive at Overton Park.
Park at restrooms.

To the box: Walk towards the playground equipment and look left where you will see three bridges that cross the creek. Cross the middle bridge (the largest one). Turn and face the playground. The box is under the bottom step to your far left. Please place box back in same spot for others to find. Thanks

As always, be discreet and let me know the status of this box.