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Rocket Boy Roy Lee Cooke looks over the famous field where the gang launched their rockets during a trip his native Coalwood Sunday afternoon. Cooke was making his first visit to since 2011, showing a group of enthusiasts around his old stomping ground telling stories of the group's antics and remembering old times. The shelters at left weren't present in 1957 when the boys began launching, and a railroad that's no longer present ran along a creek hidden in the woods to the left of Cooke that they would sometimes use to walk into the remote area.