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Telles (Retired) LbNA #13776 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:FamilyTreeShaker Contact
Plant date:Mar 13, 2005
Location:
City:Patagonia
County:Santa Cruz
State:Arizona
Boxes:1
Found by: Catamount Carvers
Last found:Apr 19, 2005
Status:FFFa
Last edited:Mar 13, 2005
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: Drive-up
Stamp: Hand Carved

******PLEASE NOTE: This box has been confirmed as MIA.******

At milepost 16 on route 82, just south of Patagonia, is a popular shrine dedicated to the safe return of soldiers from war.

From the plaque at the shrine:
Telles Family Shrine
Begun 1941
Erected by Juanita and Juan Telles
Based on a vow to God for the safety
of their sons in war
Rededicated November 18, 1988
Primeria Alta Historical Society

To find the box:
Up the first 16 steps of green there lays a once mighty tree now felled by wind or time. At its roots, a white rock rests. Look in the crevice between this rock and the tree’s roots to find the box. Finesse may be required since many travelers stop here.

The standard warning applies when reaching for letterboxes in Arizona:
Rattlesnakes and “mean” things abound,
please take a stick and poke around.
It may save your hand or your life
and help to avoid loads of strife!