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Manson Park Micro (TC7DW)
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Manson Park Micro by HannahWCU.
In Maine, United States
Posted: 10/08/05
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Micro
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7/29/10 21:22
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The cache is hidden in Manson Park in Pittsfield. This is a beautiful park less than 1.5 miles form the interstate. I have hidden a Bison Tube (bring your own pen!) in a tree near the swinging bridge. Although this could be a quick grab-n-go as there is no bushwacking and you can park about 0.1 miles form the cache, I would allow some time to enjoy this scenic park.
According to Pittsfields web site:
Mary Ann Lancey Manson Park is a jewel of an in-town park, located adjacent to Pittsfield's central business district. The park contains land on both sides of the Sebasticook River just south of the industrialized zone. Most of the park was donated to the Town by John W. Manson, a prestigious Pittsfield lawyer and businessman, and named for his mother, a member of the prominent family who ran the distinguished Lancey House Hotel.
The wishes of the donor as stated in his will were: "I desire it to be improved, beautified and, if necessary, enlarged, to be used somewhat, not principally, as a sport field to which the students of Maine Central Institute shall be welcome; to be used especially as a garden, walk, and playground for all the people who desire to use it...I believe the town should improve the river flowing along said park by carrying the sewage below where it now enters to swifter water, and should clear the river of rocks and obstacles to make a good current."
Manson Park now boasts three softball diamonds with bleachers, three tennis courts, a basketball court, horseshoe pit, a picnic area with fireplaces and tables, playground, good access roads, parking facilities, and benches. The park is largely maintained as a well-groomed lawn. The park is unquestionably both attractive and functional, offering a wide variety of active and passive recreational activities in pleasant surroundings. One special garden is maintained: During the 1980's, a group of grateful citizens planted a perennial garden accompanied by a granite bench within the turnaround in the middle of the park to honor Kerry Martin, an avid teacher and community volunteer.
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