Lab Caches by Boyo - 2013-09-01

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 <time>2013-09-02T00:30:34.245Z</time>
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   <name>Hatfield/McCoy Mega - Matewan History-Matewan Depot and Museum  </name>
   <cmt>Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.  Matewan was the site for a number of events involving Hatfields and McCoys, as well as the Matewan Massacre.

This adventure will take you on a brief tour around Matewan.-Inside the museum is an awesome display of Hatfield and McCoy pictures and other memorabilia.
The early 1900s railroad depot now serves as the visitor's center for the town of Matewan as well as a museum that includes information on the colorful history of the area including the Hatfield and McCoy feuds, the Matewan Massacre, and the development of the coal mining industry in the region.

Enter the Find Code located inside the cache container.
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   <type>Geocaching Lab Cache</type>
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   <name>Hatfield/McCoy Mega - Matewan History-Matewan Flood Wall</name>
   <cmt>Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.  Matewan was the site for a number of events involving Hatfields and McCoys, as well as the Matewan Massacre.

This adventure will take you on a brief tour around Matewan.-In 1974, a United States Army Corps of Engineer planner described Matewan as having the most severe flooding problem in America.  It is not a very difficult case to make in view of the fact that since 1949 Matewan had been flooded 36 times.  In 1953 alone, in the short period between February 15 and March 15, there were four floods that damaged the community.  Over the years the floods have varied in degree from the minor backing-up of Mate Creek to the catastrophic floods of 1957,1963,1977, and 1984. (courtesy of http://www.matewan.com/history)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed levees and floodwalls along the river to protect the town. The wall depicts the families involved in the notorious Hatfield-McCoy feud of 18781891.

Enter the Find Code located inside the cache container.
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   <type>Geocaching Lab Cache</type>
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 <wpt lat="37.62185" lon="-82.163917">
   <name>Hatfield/McCoy Mega - Matewan History-Hatfield McCoy Street Sign</name>
   <cmt>Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.  Matewan was the site for a number of events involving Hatfields and McCoys, as well as the Matewan Massacre.

This adventure will take you on a brief tour around Matewan.-Find this intersection named for the famous feud.

Enter the Find Code located inside the cache container. </cmt>
   <type>Geocaching Lab Cache</type>
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   <name>Hatfield/McCoy Mega - Matewan History-Battle of Matewan</name>
   <cmt>Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.  Matewan was the site for a number of events involving Hatfields and McCoys, as well as the Matewan Massacre.

This adventure will take you on a brief tour around Matewan.-A gunbattle on May 19, 1920 between local miners and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency left seven detectives and three townspeople dead.  This tragedy marked an important turning point in the battle for miners' rights (courtesy of Wikipedia).

Press the button and listen to history of the Battle of Matewan.  Enter the last name of the UMWA president at the time as the Find Code.
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   <type>Geocaching Lab Cache</type>
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   <name>Hatfield/McCoy Mega - Matewan History-Matewan Massacre Historical Marker</name>
   <cmt>Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.  Matewan was the site for a number of events involving Hatfields and McCoys, as well as the Matewan Massacre.

This adventure will take you on a brief tour around Matewan.-On May 19, 1920 ten people were killed at Matewan in the deadliest gunfight in American history.  The battle of Matewan, popularly dubbed the "Matewan massacre," was an integral part of the fight for industrial democracy and workers' rights that was sweeping the country. (courtesy of www.matewan.com).

Enter the Find Code located inside the cache container.  If you're lucky you may even be able to get Sid Hatfield to help you with the cache.</cmt>
   <type>Geocaching Lab Cache</type>
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