Rocket Boys LbNA #72363
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle
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| Plant date: | Oct 13, 2017 |
| Location: | Middletown Park |
| City: | Coalwood |
| County: | McDowell |
| State: | West Virginia |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Sherry Tolley |
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| Last found: | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Status: | F |
| Last edited: | Oct 28, 2017 |
*** Part of my Literature Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Homer Hickam’s short article about his life as a young boy growing up in Coalwood, WV and aspiring to be a rocket scientist was called “The Big Creek Missile Agency” and was written for Air & Space Magazine in 1994. It received so much interest, he was asked to write a book detailing the whole story. "Rocket Boys: A Memoir" was published by Delacorte Press in September 1998 and the movie based on it, October Sky, premiered nationwide on his birthday February 19, 1999. The title of the paperback released at the same time was changed to the movie title, which is an anagram of Rocket Boys. While visiting Coalwood you can still see some of the places described in the book, including the Hickham house, machine shop and Middletown Park, where this letterbox can be found. For descriptions of these places and where they are located, go to Coalwood.
Directions:
At intersection of WV 16 and CR 2 is the Country Corner store, and across the street is the Hickham house. Drive northwest on CR 2 (it becomes Frog Level Rd) for about 1.5 miles to Middletown Park on left and park on right side of road.
Clues:
Walk across road to guardrail in front of park and go right (north) along it to end just past covered picnic tables. LB is within rail 6" from end. Please replace as described and be discreet.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Homer Hickam’s short article about his life as a young boy growing up in Coalwood, WV and aspiring to be a rocket scientist was called “The Big Creek Missile Agency” and was written for Air & Space Magazine in 1994. It received so much interest, he was asked to write a book detailing the whole story. "Rocket Boys: A Memoir" was published by Delacorte Press in September 1998 and the movie based on it, October Sky, premiered nationwide on his birthday February 19, 1999. The title of the paperback released at the same time was changed to the movie title, which is an anagram of Rocket Boys. While visiting Coalwood you can still see some of the places described in the book, including the Hickham house, machine shop and Middletown Park, where this letterbox can be found. For descriptions of these places and where they are located, go to Coalwood.
Directions:
At intersection of WV 16 and CR 2 is the Country Corner store, and across the street is the Hickham house. Drive northwest on CR 2 (it becomes Frog Level Rd) for about 1.5 miles to Middletown Park on left and park on right side of road.
Clues:
Walk across road to guardrail in front of park and go right (north) along it to end just past covered picnic tables. LB is within rail 6" from end. Please replace as described and be discreet.
Hike length: 0.1 miles