Hockessin Old School Tour Mystery Cache

This should be a quick and easy tour of Hockessin schools.

There is some history to Hockessin, but you need to look hard to find it. This is a three stage multicache. You'll be visiting some buildings that once served as schools to retrieve some numbers. The listed coordinates will take you to parking for the first stage.

• Stage 1: N 39 47.356' W 075 42.039' - Here you will find what was once Public School No. 19. It has also served as a library and a police station. There is a book available in the Hockessin Library on the history of Hockessin. This book described how a man named Lamborn donated his books and money to start the first library in Hockessin. Take note of the year the building was built. It is plainly marked on a sign on the front of the building.
• Stage 2: N 39 47.076' W 075 41.892' - This was once Hockessin School #107C. There is a historical marker hanging on the front of the building. It was built with the support of P.S. duPont. There is some interesting history regarding Delaware's involvement with the well known case of Brown v. Board of Education. Take note of the year this building was constructed.

Now is the difficult part of adding all of these numbers up. Make sure you follow the directions carefully.

• Stage 1: Add each of the four digits of the year together. Subtract one from this number. Divide this number by eleven. This number is A.
• Stage 2: Add each of the four digits of the year together. Subtract three from this number. This number is B.

The final stage is located at:

There is a parking lot very close to the final stage. Also, once you park.. you do not want to take the direct route to the cache. You can get to it without bushwacking through prickers. One last thing, I'd be careful near the last final stage area. I found some broken glass which I picked up. There may be more back there and I saw some rusty metal stuff too. So just use some common sense!

NOTE: Garmin GPSMap users should switch from 'on-road' to 'off-road' navigation between stages two and three. What this means is you should NOT go into a residential neighborhood (because that would be trespassing, yada yada yada). Yes, most of the people going to this cache have trusted their GPS over what is in the field. Hahahaha. :)