The Rajah LbNA #75700
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Location: | Fairview Cemetery |
| City: | Winters |
| County: | Runnels |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Aug 17, 2021 |
*** Part of my TX Baseball Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 50 yds RT)
Status: alive
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed The Rajah, was a major league baseball infielder who played for 23 seasons, mostly at second base with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was born in 1896 in Winters, TX and became one of the best hitters of all time with a career batting average of .358, second only to Ty Cobb's .367. He also holds the single season record for batting average with .424, set in 1924. He died in 1963 and is buried in Hornsby Bend Cemetery near Austin, but you can find this box in his hometown at Fairview Cemetery.
Directions:
From US 83 go west on TX Loop 438 for 1.5 mi, then left into edge of Fairview Cemetery and park by Burns stone on right.
Clues:
Walk on grass path between Burns & Bedford stones 35 steps to Mitchell stone with juniper trees behind it. Walk a few steps behind stone to larger Mitchell stone within juniper trees. LB is at right base under a rock & needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 50 yds RT)
Status: alive
Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed The Rajah, was a major league baseball infielder who played for 23 seasons, mostly at second base with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was born in 1896 in Winters, TX and became one of the best hitters of all time with a career batting average of .358, second only to Ty Cobb's .367. He also holds the single season record for batting average with .424, set in 1924. He died in 1963 and is buried in Hornsby Bend Cemetery near Austin, but you can find this box in his hometown at Fairview Cemetery.
Directions:
From US 83 go west on TX Loop 438 for 1.5 mi, then left into edge of Fairview Cemetery and park by Burns stone on right.
Clues:
Walk on grass path between Burns & Bedford stones 35 steps to Mitchell stone with juniper trees behind it. Walk a few steps behind stone to larger Mitchell stone within juniper trees. LB is at right base under a rock & needles.
Hike length: 0.1 miles