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Cairo Skywatch LbNA #2643 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Sep 2, 2002
Location:
City:Cairo
County:Tippecanoe
State:Indiana
Boxes:1
Planted by:TheBrownKnight
Found by: JMGULLY
Last found:Apr 3, 2010
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFaF
Last edited:Sep 2, 2002

"They also serve who stand and watch."

This historical letterbox commemorates the approximately 90 community volunteers who during the Korean War in 1952 participated in Operation Skywatch by alternating 24-hour shifts to watch for enemy planes from a 3-story tower since there was no national radar system. Begin your journey in West Lafayette IN at Highway 52 (aka Sagamore Pkwy West) and Salisbury St. At this intersection is a Walgreen's, CVS Pharmacy and a Starbucks. Head north on Salisbury St. At 1.1 miles is the intersection of Salisbury and Kalberer St. and the 2nd red light. Continue north and from this point on, Salisbury becomes County Farm Road North 50 West. At 3.2 miles, you will pass Harrison High School on your right and Burnett Creek Elementary School on your left. At 5 miles, the road turns left and becomes 750 North, and at 5.5 miles, the road turns right and becomes 100 West. At 6.5 miles, there is a small intersection with two white houses and a dead-end right turn onto 850 North. Take a right onto the dead-end 850 North. You'll see a 3-story, run-down, wooden tower. Park next to the tower. You'll see a flag, a black historical marker and a monument dedicated to Operation Skywatch for those who "stood and watched". Next to the monument is a small, thorny evergreen tree. The Cairo Skywatch Tower Letterbox is nestled in this tree hanging from a branch on the backside about 4 feet from the ground. Search slowly with caution due to the stickers. I apologize that I had to put the box in a thorny evergreen, but it kept getting vandalized in its previous location, and there are not many options in this particular area.