Interesting factoid: this is the second courthouse, built in 1910, and used to have a clock dome.  Unfortunately the dome was destroyed by a tornado in 1942 but the rest of the building was repaired and is still in use. More interesting is the war memorial here.   Both statues were designed by E.M. Viquesney and … Continue reading 223. Crowell, Foard County →

Even though the construction is a bit of an eyesore, it’s always nice to see some construction being done at a courthouse.  These old ladies need love and tender care if they’re going to last to bring order and justice to their far flung locales.  That said, how picturesque is this square?  This is some … Continue reading 222. Paducah, Cottle County →

The courthouse here is pretty sparse with monuments.  And by “pretty sparse,” I really mean “has none.”  As a weird side note, there’s a store on the square called The Glittered Pig which I could have sworn I’ve seen in another town.  A quick look through the internet disabuses me of that notion (there’s one … Continue reading 221. Matador, Motley County →

The Saturday morning square was quiet, and photography began in close order until I was diverted by a distressing development at the veteran’s memorial. The halyard broke during the storm, dropping both the flags (American and POW/MIA) onto the ground.  So began some impromptu folding.  The POW flag I merely took off the ground and … Continue reading 220. Floydada, Floyd County →

Nice courthouse.  I approve.  I don’t think I would call it picturesque, but I guess that’s not really all that important.    What was really important was what I found a couple of blocks away at the Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum… Heeeyyyy, Quanah!  How ya doin’ buddy?  Long time no see!  You got a cache … Continue reading 219. Crosbyton, Crosby County →

Another Paint Rock tiny town, but it did seem to have some sort of vague charm to it that I’m not quite able to pin down.  But at least the rain had abated so it wasn’t that bad.  The cache I really wanted to go for was a 2/4.5 that involved a climb up an … Continue reading 218. Dickens, Dickens County →

This courthouse was pretty disappointing.  Heck, I actually flew by it when I arrived in to town because I didn’t recognize it for what it was.  I thought it may have been an activity center or something (which is ironic because I drove by the actual county activity center and it was more impressive).  The … Continue reading 217. Guthrie, King County →

This photo was much darker than the last.  I have a lighter but crappier one, too... Haskell at least was a town of some size with a square.  Benjamin was tiny (we're talking Paint Rock tiny) and through the darkness I could hear the horses neighing in the distance.  You can still feel the flat … Continue reading 216. Benjamin, Knox County →

Soon this year will be over. As of this writing, I have been caching for 565 days and I’m am on day 562 of a streak. This year I have made 12 hides and found 788 caches, including 18 first to finds, hundreds of trackables, and caches in 200.0 new counties (significant digits are a … Continue reading This Year Ends →

I feel I should apologize for the photography of this courthouse.  In hindsight it looks bright enough, I think, but at the time I wasn’t sure.  Normally I wait until just before sunrise to do this, but I was awake at a crazy hour of the morning already and was zealously ready to rock.  It … Continue reading 215. Haskell, Haskell County →