FSC2009 Newark Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

OReviewer: As there's been no response to my earlier note, I am forced to archive this listing.

If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact me email, including the GC Code, and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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-OReviewer

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Hidden : 3/7/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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First State Challenge 2009- Newark - hidden by Runfrog

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The challenge that you have been waiting for is here: The First State Challenge for 2009 sponsored by Delaware Geocachers! There are 17 new caches spread across the state of Delaware by volunteer cachers to give you an appreciation for the great areas of the First State. These should all be fairly easy to find. To complete this challenge and be eligible for prizes at the challenge event including a Pathtag, you must complete the following:

1. Print out a copy of the official form found at: Official Form
2. Go to each cache ( Caches and Hiders), sign the log, and record the code letter and number combo found in the log book on your official form.
3. You must find ALL 17 caches. Use the 18 letters and numbers that you recorded from the first 16 caches (note: two caches have two combos) and solve the puzzle (an easy one) in order to find the final cache- #17- (somewhere in Cape Henlopen State Park- in Lewes). The puzzle can easily be solved in the field and if done last with the other southern caches, can all be completed in one trip to the area.
4. In the final cache is a self-inking stamp with which you must stamp your official form.
5. Either scan or take a picture of your final stamped form and email it to firststate.challenge2009@gmail.com. If you cannot do either, send an email to this same address and we will work with you.
6. There will be a Challenge Event (more details later) open to all cachers. At this event, those that have been verified as completing the challenge, will be eligible for the following:
       A. Door prizes- bring your stamped Official Form as your entry
       B. A completion certificate
       C. A Challenge Pathtag (limited)
7.Pathtags are limited to the first 100 cachers who complete the challenge.
8. More information can be found on the Delaware Geocachers Forum at First State Challenge 2009


View from Newark reservoir

History

Welcome to Newark, Delaware, home of the University of Delaware and the Fighting Blue Hens. This cache is located on the banks of White Clay Creek, which supplies water to the Newark Reservoir. The reservoir holds 300 million gallons of water when filled to capacity and supplies water to the city and thirsty college students of UD.

Directly across the White Clay Creek from this Cache is the old Dean Woolen Mill. It was built in 1847 by Joseph Dean and as you can guess, was a woolen mill. During the Civil War the mill supplied uniforms to the Union Army. The mill, which was destroyed by fire in 1886, allowed the Deans to establish an estate of about 400 acres spanning both sides of the creek. Dean’s son envisioned developing the estate into the village of Deanville. This never came to pass after the fire. The mill has now been converted into upscale condos and offices.

Just up the creek, ( N 39 41.355 W 075 44.883 ) in the building that now houses Timothy’s Restaurant, was the former American Vulcanized Fibre Company, NVF. The company had several sites in Delaware. This site was built around 1870. The plant produced rag paper for vulcanized fiber. NVF outgrew its original building and purchased the Dean Mill, putting it to use, and at their peak in 1965, they produced 15 tons of fiber per day. The process started with paper made from cotton rags. Before the invention of wood pulps in the 19th century, the dominant fiber source for paper was cotton and linen rags. Paper made from cotton rags was not such an odd thing as it may seem today.

Directly across Paper Mill Road from NVF are the remains of the old Curtis Paper Mill (N 39 41.431 W 075 44.957 ). Curtis Paper Mill has a long and proud history and at the time of its closing was the oldest paper mill in the United States. The company was originally founded in 1789 by Thomas Meeteer and was purchased by the Curtis brothers in 1848. The brothers from Massachusetts called the mill Nonantum Mill, the Indian name for their town. However, the name Curtis Paper Mill stuck. The brothers immediately set out to modernize the mill which was in disrepair, and went deep into debt. But through hard work their debts were repaid by late 1850. The mill produced a very high quality paper favored by greeting card manufacturers and periodical publications, most notably Fortune. The mill also has the distinction of producing paper on which several of the Peace Treaties ending World War II were signed. All that remains of the mill is the old smoke stack. The mill was last owned by Crown Paper which shuttered the plant in 1997. The Curtis site is now owned by the city of Newark and its old race and settling ponds are part of Newark’s water treatment plant.

For more information about the Newark area visit the Newark History Museum at 48 Main Street. Hours are Thursday 5-8, Friday 12-3, Saturday and Sunday 2-5.

Cache

This cache is a small Lock&Lock hidden in Newark's White Clay Park. It is an easy walk from the parking lot at the reservoir at N 39 41.502 W 075 44.725. This cache SHOULD NOT be attempted after dark!

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