Find #87 REVOLUTIONARY WAR RUINS ( GC19FB )

This cache is located at the site of a stand off between British Red Coats and Mary Taylor Frazier during the Revolutionary War.  The British were planning to capture Colonel Persifor Frazier, but he had escaped.  Mary stayed behind to protect the farm and property.

The location of the trail head to this cache is near the old Locksley rail station

The ruins of the old Frazier Farm

The ruins of the Frazier farm have been preserved in remembrance of the Frazier's fight for freedom.  This site is located in Bonner Park in Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

I love this plant.  I would really like to know what it is called.  I dubbed it the "lily pad tree".  It looks like you are underwater looking up through lily pads.

Close up of the fireplace detail in the old house ruins

One of a couple of still standing stone piers which most likely marked the entrance to the farm

If you choose to walk the rail line instead of taking the trails, be careful because the rail lines are active and part of the West Chester Railway. It was once part of the Pennsylvania Railroad.  They give touring rides from West Chester to Glen Mills station.

Watch out if you choose to walk the rails to the cache instead of the trails.  It is an active railway!