Streetcar Lake LbNA #4708 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Not specified |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bethany |
| County: | Oklahoma |
| State: | Oklahoma |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | SNU Geographer  |
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| Found by: | DS |
| Last found: | Dec 11, 2004 |
| Status: | FFFa |
| Last edited: | Mar 18, 2023 |
Status Note: One of my best stamps, but alas it is gone.
Route 66--that famous trace across the country lies visibly just to the south of the this box. The old humpbacked highway bridge stands out beyond the lake's mouth where the North Canadian River flows into Lake Overholser. An interurban railway line used to pass there, too. Following Route 66, turn north on Council Road. It's called that because it passed through Council Grove, once a forest reserve from which the frontier army at Ft. Reno cut wood for the post. At the next major opportunity--50th St.---turn back west until you reach a dead end. You might pay attention to the things you pass along the way. A glance north from the dead end will fall on a parking area where you should leave your car and palm your compass. Walk to the gate. Walk a bearing of 200° for about 15 meters to a big slab of concrete. Form atop that slab, you can see back to the gatepost (20°) and also a hoary old tree standing in the lake or its bed. There is a gully that goes on down to the lake and in this gully stands a hackberry holding a dead kinsman in its arms. Follow that gully until you come to the edge of the lake. There will be lots of brush and fallen branches making this trail moderately difficult. Take to the north side of the gully and follow it to the water's edge. Then make a big pile of riprap up near the road on a line of 72°. Look around for a big leaning willow. The box is hanging at its side. Sometimes it falls off and winds up on the ground! Go back to the road to continue your search for the other Stinchcomb East boxes.
Route 66--that famous trace across the country lies visibly just to the south of the this box. The old humpbacked highway bridge stands out beyond the lake's mouth where the North Canadian River flows into Lake Overholser. An interurban railway line used to pass there, too. Following Route 66, turn north on Council Road. It's called that because it passed through Council Grove, once a forest reserve from which the frontier army at Ft. Reno cut wood for the post. At the next major opportunity--50th St.---turn back west until you reach a dead end. You might pay attention to the things you pass along the way. A glance north from the dead end will fall on a parking area where you should leave your car and palm your compass. Walk to the gate. Walk a bearing of 200° for about 15 meters to a big slab of concrete. Form atop that slab, you can see back to the gatepost (20°) and also a hoary old tree standing in the lake or its bed. There is a gully that goes on down to the lake and in this gully stands a hackberry holding a dead kinsman in its arms. Follow that gully until you come to the edge of the lake. There will be lots of brush and fallen branches making this trail moderately difficult. Take to the north side of the gully and follow it to the water's edge. Then make a big pile of riprap up near the road on a line of 72°. Look around for a big leaning willow. The box is hanging at its side. Sometimes it falls off and winds up on the ground! Go back to the road to continue your search for the other Stinchcomb East boxes.