Winn - Grant Parish Forest

Located in a fork on the Natchez Trace Harrisonburg Road. This is the real road you can see the wagon ruts if you look close.

This is the real road where the were the West and Kimbrill Clan (whose membership briefly included Frank and Jesse James) would rob and kill people as they drove through Winn parish.

Access from the road to the north not the south. Look for a old cem rd that heads into the woods going south. Road is not passable in a car due to mud holes.

The cache is located near the old abandoned cemetery used by travlers of the time.

Sunk into a old stump hole and filled in so only the top is exposed just unscrew the top do not remove. Please recover with straw.

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PINEVILLE ”New recreation fees will go into effect January 1, 2008 at some Kisatchie National Forest sites. All new fees will be clearly posted at the sites on the information board. “The funds collected from fees will be used to maintain and enhance recreation sites and trails, said Forest Supervisor, Gretta Boley. “The Forest Service has interviewed many trail riders and campers. The majority of people interviewed are in agreement with increasing fees, if the money is used for operation, maintenance and construction of the new amenities,” Ms. Boley continued. Some Kisatchie trails remain free. However on trails where there is a charge anyone riding an OHV, bicycle or horse will be charged the same fee. Additional information, maps and discount permits can be obtained at all Kisatchie National Forest offices. For more information please call 318-473-7160 during regular business hours, call 1-866-830-6467 after hours, or refer to the KNF website at: www.kisatchie.us for updated information.

The NFS is putting together another ride for utvs on November 15th on the Sandstone trail at Red Dirt. Everyone is invited. We will meet at 10 am at the Lotus Camp Trailhead. Bring you drinks and lunch…

Several Caches are in the area.

Be sure and mark your calender. We have a unique chance here to get some trails designated or open to utvs. Hopefully we can get a group of at least three “lay” people to rub elbows with the forestry people.

The date for this ride has been changed from the 15th to the 28th and now the 29th. Still for 10 am at the Lotus camp. I’m hoping the weather will permit this to happen. I don’t want to lose any momentum we have on this. It sure would be great if the trail could be reopened in the spring for our rhinos…Ms Jackie and Jim are working hard for us on this. They just have to convince some nay sayers.

See main Thread here for updates.

Grant Parish sheriff’s officials said wreckage from two separate fatal plane crashes were expected to be cleared Tuesday.

There was no new information in the investigations of what happened in the crashes, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Preston Mosley said.

On Sunday, a Piper airplane went down about 4 p.m. off of Fairfield Road near Dry Prong. There were five people on the plane, including the pilot, Jon Norman of Alexandria. Chad DeRamus was killed in the crash.
The plane was coming back from Branson, Mo., when Norman reported the “engine locked.” He landed in a pasture but was unable to stop the plane before it hit some trees. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration is probing a second crash west of Georgetown that claimed the life of Dr. Sleiman Salibi of Lake Charles. The vintage T-28 single-engine trainer was trying to make it to Alexandria International Airport after the pilot reported being low on fuel, authorities said.

The wreckage was found Sunday evening by civil air patrol and Louisiana National Guard helicopters. Fort Polk also assisted in the search.

I watched this search, plans flew back and forth in grids for 2 days over me and the crash but could not find it. Finaly the state police found it with a helicopter.

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