There are 50 geocaches hidden within 16 state parks and state historic sites in the Saratoga/Capital District region, and geocachers finding them all will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes. If you are interested in taking up the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites, or download the passport at www.nysparks.com.
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to stamp your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item.
The Cache: Please park on the right side of the traffic circle. You can begin your hunt at the Number 2 U.S Geological survey marker near the Park’s mail box in the Picnic area. (coordinates?) A map of the trail system is available through the parks website or at the sign in box by the pond.
Walk towards the barn past the historic house and gravesite. After the pond make a left hand turn and follow the trail into the forest onto the Potato Field trail. Past the brook you are almost at the cache.
HINT: Riverside
The John Brown Farm: This is the second Farmstead John Brown occupied in the Adirondacks. He first came out to North Elba (Lake Placid) in 1849 to help a colony of free African American homesteaders known as Timbucto. He rented a farm that is located where the Craigwood Golfcourse is today
In 1855 he settled on this land just before going off to fight in the Kansas border wars.
On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and his followers assaulted the U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, planning to use the captured arms in an extensive campaign for the liberation of the slaves in the South. Brown was captured on October 18, 1859, imprisoned at Charlestown, Virginia, tried by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and hanged on December 2, 1859. His body was returned to North Elba and was buried in front of his home on December 8, 1859. The remains of several of Brown's followers, and his son Oliver who fought and died at Harper's Ferry, were moved to this small graveyard in 1899.