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Fort Mason to Camp Cooper Military Road LbNA #60921

Owner:Baby Bear
Plant date:Feb 17, 2012
Location: Treadway Park
City:Cross Plains
County:Callahan
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Silver Eagle
Last found:Feb 17, 2012
Status:F
Last edited:Sep 30, 2015
Difficulty: Easy
Distance to microbox: 40 yards

*** Part of Old Forts of Texas Series ***

The Fort Mason to Camp Cooper Military Road box is located at the original of the trail and the Historical Marker. Here is the history from the Historical Marker at the park:
Fort Mason-Camp Cooper Military Road - Cross Plains, Callahan County, Texas
Address:
Directions: Treadway Park on SH 36, western city limits
Marker #: 5059001995
Year Dedicated: 1967
Size, type: 18" x 28"
Last reported condition: Replace
Fort Mason-Camp Cooper Military Road - Route for U.S. 2nd Cavalry and supplies from San Antonio to Fort Mason (about 100 miles south of here) to Camp Cooper (about 65 miles north) in campaigns of 1851-1861 against Plains Indians. Great military men of American history traveled this road, including Robert E. Lee (later a commanding general, C.S.A.) and George T. Thomas, "Rock of Chickamauga." Callahan County Historical Survey Committee, 1967.
Decimal degrees: N 32.121398 W -99.176030
Degrees, minutes: N 32 07.284 W 099 10.562
UTM: Zone 14, Easting 483395, Northing 3553905

Directions:
From Cross Plains downtown, go west on Hwy 36 to park on the left at the end of town. Historical marker is near entry. Drive to far end of park and park near the bridge.

To the Microbox:
Walk across the bridge. Turn right and go to the first tree (huge cottonwood). Box is in the middle of that tree under stuff.