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New. A log cabin.
North America "WILD CARD" TAG
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Grab.
New. A log cabin.
Old Tag: Nuke Plant
I don't have a nuke plant, but I do have the radioactive uranium that that is hidden under all the concrete. Some of the Manhattan Project material came from here. There is no way to enter the mine and recommendations are to spend less than an hour without protective gear and a monitor badge. The crazy part is that when they were starting the pit the locals used a lot of the gravel pilings to form driveways and access roads to local property.... all still emitting radiation to this day... including the road in and out!
At the height of production over 500 employees worked here. Many went home with green speckles of uranium on their clothes exposing their families to it as well. Understandably, there has been a lot of health issues associated with mine activity.
It isn't the speed limit that you need to worry about. It is bullet point Number 3 that may make you pause...
The site was shut down in 1981 and has been in constant clean up ever since. They used to treat water on site and dump it into Blue Creek, which eventually emptied into the Columbia River. However, elevated levels of radiation has stopped that practice and no one (that knows) uses any of this land for outdoor activity any longer.
Current status is a Superfund Clean Up Site and will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, they truck the water past the creek and still dump it in the Columbia River.
NEW TAG: A Glorious Sweeper (Left or Right... your choice)
I don't have a nuke plant, but I do have the radioactive uranium that that is hidden under all the concrete. Some of the Manhattan Project material came from here. There is no way to enter the mine and recommendations are to spend less than an hour without protective gear and a monitor badge. The crazy part is that when they were starting the pit the locals used a lot of the gravel pilings to form driveways and access roads to local property.... all still emitting radiation to this day... including the road in and out!
At the height of production over 500 employees worked here. Many went home with green speckles of uranium on their clothes exposing their families to it as well. Understandably, there has been a lot of health issues associated with mine activity.
It isn't the speed limit that you need to worry about. It is bullet point Number 3 that may make you pause...
The site was shut down in 1981 and has been in constant clean up ever since. They used to treat water on site and dump it into Blue Creek, which eventually emptied into the Columbia River. However, elevated levels of radiation has stopped that practice and no one (that knows) uses any of this land for outdoor activity any longer.
Current status is a Superfund Clean Up Site and will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, they truck the water past the creek and still dump it in the Columbia River.
NEW TAG: A Glorious Sweeper (Left or Right... your choice)
ToddC
Site Supporter
And you didn't stop by...????? T
Old Tag: Nuke Plant
I don't have a nuke plant, but I do have the radioactive uranium that that is hidden under all the concrete. Some of the Manhattan Project material came from here. There is no way to enter the mine and recommendations are to spend less than an hour without protective gear and a monitor badge. The crazy part is that when they were starting the pit the locals used a lot of the gravel pilings to form driveways and access roads to local property.... all still emitting radiation to this day... including the road in and out!
At the height of production over 500 employees worked here. Many went home with green speckles of uranium on their clothes exposing their families to it as well. Understandably, there has been a lot of health issues associated with mine activity.
It isn't the speed limit that you need to worry about. It is bullet point Number 3 that may make you pause...
The site was shut down in 1981 and has been in constant clean up ever since. They used to treat water on site and dump it into Blue Creek, which eventually emptied into the Columbia River. However, elevated levels of radiation has stopped that practice and no one (that knows) uses any of this land for outdoor activity any longer.
Current status is a Superfund Clean Up Site and will be ongoing for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, they truck the water past the creek and still dump it in the Columbia River.
NEW TAG: A Glorious Sweeper (Left or Right... your choice)
Sorry Sir. I was on a pretty strict time limit and pulled into the garage as the dinner plates were being filled. 
Grab ... dropping sweeper
New ... animal shelter
Old: Animal Shelter
...with an October flavor....
New: Cemetery
This cemetery is noteworthy because it holds the graves of some Civil War Soldiers of the Grand Army Of The Republic. The land was initially set aside by the Hillyard Masonic Lodge in 1910, although some burials had ocurred in 1909. The area reserved for the Civil War Veterans had an monument honoring their sacrifice erected in 1914.
It was lost to time for decades until George and Lea Kokstis found and renovated the site in 1989.
There are veterans from the Spanish-American War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, US-Korean War, and Vietnam laid to rest here.,
...with an October flavor....
New: Cemetery
This cemetery is noteworthy because it holds the graves of some Civil War Soldiers of the Grand Army Of The Republic. The land was initially set aside by the Hillyard Masonic Lodge in 1910, although some burials had ocurred in 1909. The area reserved for the Civil War Veterans had an monument honoring their sacrifice erected in 1914.
It was lost to time for decades until George and Lea Kokstis found and renovated the site in 1989.
There are veterans from the Spanish-American War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, US-Korean War, and Vietnam laid to rest here.,
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Although a "family" cemetery, it is recognized by the Texas State Historical Commission ... about 110 graves here, dating back to 1855.
New ... RV park
Although a "family" cemetery, it is recognized by the Texas State Historical Commission ... about 110 graves here, dating back to 1855.
New ... RV park
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New tag. A masonic cemetery. If that is too hard something masonic.
Strange ... multiple "new" tags for a cemetery
Grab “something Masonic”
Harmony No.370 Masonic Lodge of Philipsville, Ontario circa 1874.
Harmony No.370 Masonic Lodge of Philipsville, Ontario circa 1874.
Grab “something Masonic”
Harmony No.370 Masonic Lodge of Philipsville, Ontario circa 1874.
Nice Masonic Building... but I don't see a drop???
The "tag" portion of the game is to tag (grab) the last item and then leave (drop) a new item for others to "grab" in their location. You generally don't want to make something so specific that you can't find it in most towns. But, you'll want to make it interesting too. I generally pick something with some history but drop my tag in a manner that others can grab it.
Example: You grabbed "something Masonic" from a guy that dropped it after he grabbed "RV's", "RV's was left by a guy that grabbed "Cemetery", that was left by a guy that grabbed "Animal Rescue. Easy ones are fire dept, police dept, schools, airport, etc, etc.
Got time to leave it at something? Looking foward to it!
Of course ... someone can come along, in the meantime, and do a Grab and a New ... and thusly execute a "Bruce"
Grab ...
New ... Horse in a pasture
New ... Horse in a pasture
Everyone is new to the game sometime. I've grabbed and not dropped.
However, being Bruce'd is no disgrace. It's a club!