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Buzz Saw - Quilt Block Series LbNA #22129 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Lone Star Quilter
Plant date:May 11, 2006
Location:
City:Cleveland
County:San Jacinto
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Found by: Wry Me
Last found:May 22, 2010
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:May 11, 2006
If you’ve seen my other quilt block letterboxes, you know that the names of quilt blocks come from life experiences. In San Jacinto County, the lumber industry was a big influence in the lives of the people who lived here, including the women who made quilts. When you drive north from Cleveland, take notice of the huge piles of lumber at the saw mill on the east side of the highway. Sixty percent of the county is in the Sam Houston National Forest, and another 20 percent is comprised of tree farms owned by private lumber companies, which are major employers in the area. It’s easy to see how a star pattern such as this, with its angled points, would remind one of the blades of a buzz saw.

Directions:
From Houston, take U.S. 59 north to Cleveland. Take the Coldspring exit at FM 2025 and head north. When you come to the saw mill on your right, start looking for the parking area for the Lone Star Trail on your right. This is Parking Lot #13 – Tarkington Bayou. Park your car here.

To the box:
From the hiker’s gate, walk along the trail for 300 steps. You will come to a log that was once the top of a large dead tree on your right. It fell across the trail, but broke into, to allow passage. Take another 20 steps along the trail to a large log that once blocked the trail, but that was obviously cut away (by a buzz saw, no doubt). The part that was cut out was moved to the side of the trail to form a dandy bench. Stop between the two pieces of log and turn to your right to face its end. About five feet from the end of the log and on the right side of it, you will find the buzz saw, covered with leaves and twigs. Be careful, it might be sharp!