HHMT 7: Dover Mills Traditional Cache
Hidden : 5/27/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is part of the 100 mile/ 22 cache series known as the
Huron History Mystery Tour (HHMT)

This cache is accessible only by boat in the Huron River. After caching, stop and rest on the downstream point while you soak in this historical location.

Judge Samuel Dexter and Isaac Pomeroy built a sawmill here in 1832. After 1846,Daniel B. Sloan and Company replaced the sawmill with a gristmill called Dover Mills, which spurred the village's growth. In 1849 the Base Lake Post Office opened here. Sometime after 1861, Thomas Birkett bought the mill and built a church in the hamlet of Dover. In 1882 the post offices was renamed for him. Today only the mill's cut stone foundation and the mill stream remain visible northwest of this bridge. To the SE you will see a bridge on the ground. This is a Pratt through-truss-bridge, erected in 1891, was built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The bridge was assembled on site by a local crew using iron connecting pins that are visible at the deck level. These pins, unique to nineteenth century ironwork, make the bridge easy to assemble and capable of flexing to accommodate varying weights. The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1998, the bridge has been removed from its foundation and pulled on to the east bank.two remaining As you travel downstream, you will see the only two functioning truss bridges remaining, the East Delhi Road Bridge and the Maple/Foster Road Bridge.

Cache the Huron History Mystery Tour and reap yer reward!
Be sure to record the secret letter on the inside lid of each cache.
The first 50 cachers or teams to complete all 22 HHMT caches earn the coveted
Huron History Mystery Tour Geocoin!
See the details at www.huronhistorymysterytour.com

Also, each cache contains one different, highly collectible, HHMT Trading Card. Collect all 22!
There are still plenty of HHMT coins to earn in 2009, go out and complete the series!

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