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Travel Bug Dog Tag Forged First

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Owner:
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Released:
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Origin:
Manitoba, Canada
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of bonestm.

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Current Goal

Forged First was created at a historical site first peopled by settlers from Scotland, some from the Orkney Islands. Eventually, Forged First would like to go to Scotland, to the Orkney Islands. It would like to meet its two brothers in GCTG59 "An Orkney View". (N 58° 59.294 W 003° 01.562). This is a tall order, so anywhere you can move it to help its journey is most welcome!

 

UPDATE!
It has been seven and a half years of journeying for Forged Third! I think it is time to come home! I would love to have it come home to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and be placed in any cache there for retrieval by the owner.
Of course, if it traveled a bit still before that happened, I wouldn't object! :)

About This Item

Forged Legacy - the set

This bug is one in a set of three. See Forged Second (TB11G4E) and Forged Third (TB11DW6). This travel bug, along with its two brothers, was forged in the blacksmith's shop at Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada. Erected in 1831 by George Simpson, the Overseas Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Lower Fort Garry was used through the mid-19th century as a transshipment depot for the booming fur trade in the area. After the fur trade decline of the 1870s, Lower Fort Garry was used for many government purposes. It was the site of the signing of Indian treaty Number One as well as the first western training site of the North West Mounted Police. Today, Lower Fort Garry is open through the summer months to visitors. Historical interpreters tell the tale of the Fort in 1850s character and costume. In the period accurate blacksmith's shop, these Travel Bugs were forged with tools and equipment from the 1850s by one of the costumed interpreters, the owner of this bug.

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Tracking History (10946.7mi) View Map

Visited 8/5/2010 bonestm took it to The Dunes Florida - 1,697.93 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/5/2010 bonestm retrieved it from A Healthy Cache Florida   Visit Log

this is a really cool travel bug. I am partial to hard cold steel. Let's see how many historical sites we can visit before I set it free again.

Dropped Off 7/26/2010 bhrbabydoc placed it in A Healthy Cache Florida - 1,665.39 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/24/2010 bhrbabydoc retrieved it from Packers Bug School North Dakota   Visit Log

found while visiting in North
dakota - will move it along soon!

Discovered It 7/23/2010 m&m O discovered it   Visit Log

Thanks for sharing the TB and the history lesson.

Dropped Off 7/12/2010 axx300 placed it in Packers Bug School North Dakota - 706.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/5/2010 axx300 retrieved it from Farm Historic District Colorado   Visit Log

Oh wow... It seems to have been languishing here for quite awhile, and I can help move it along... however it may end up closer to it's origination point than it's destination...
Kevin ~ West Fargo, ND

Dropped Off 5/9/2010 Team_GiHa placed it in Farm Historic District Colorado - 85.5 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/14/2010 Team_GiHa retrieved it from Kassidy's Road House Lodge[Travel Buq Hotel] Colorado   Visit Log

Grabbed this TB in Leadville, Colorado... will move it along its way as soon as possible.

Dropped Off 3/24/2010 dndsterns placed it in Kassidy's Road House Lodge[Travel Buq Hotel] Colorado - 88.3 miles  Visit Log
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