Welcome to the USA Geoart! The caches are obviously not at the posted coordinates, but they are all located along Route 3 in NH and Route 102 in Vermont. They are all relatively simple finds because I want everyone to be able to find these caches, regardless of age or physical ability. But to find these caches, you must solve the following questions about each state’s symbols. The website I used to gather the information was https://statesymbolsusa.org, so please use the same website to avoid any discrepancies.
In each cache, there is a special little surprise for the FTF if they want it, a little homemade magnet of each state. Will you be the first to collect all fifty?
I also need to give a huge shout out to my Mom, Mummie91957, for helping me immensely with this geoart series. Without her, this geoart would’ve taken much longer to plan out.
South Carolina joined the union on May 23, 1788. It was settled by the English in 1670. It became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. constitution in 1788. Its early economy was mostly agricultural, benefitting from the area’s fertile soil. Plantation farmers relied on the slave trade for cheap labor to maximize their profits. By 1730, people of African descent made up two thirds of the colony’s population. South Carolina became the first state to secede from the union in 1861, and was the site of the first shots of the Civil War, the shelling of Fort Sumter by Confederate troops on April 12, 1861.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Animal:
White-Tailed Deer = 48
Black Bear = 49
B: State Bird:
Chickadee = 2
Carolina Wren = 5
C: State Fish:
Striped Bass = 1
Smallmouth Bass = 9
D: State Flower:
Dandelion = 5
Yellow Jessamine = 2
E: State Fruit:
Apricot = 33
Peach = 34
F: State Gemstone:
Amethyst = 0
Aquamarine = 4
G: State Nickname:
The Palmetto State = 0
The Plantation State = 2
H: State Tree:
Oak = 7
Sabal Palmetto = 0