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 Dakota joined the union on November 2, 1889 along with North Dakota. The territory was added to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The Lewis and Clark expedition established the first permanent American settlement at Fort Pierre in1804.White settlement of the territory in the 1800’s led to clashes with the Sioux because some of the land had been granted to the tribe by an earlier treaty. There was a controversy over which state would be admitted to the union first. President Benjamin Harrison shuffled the bills and signed one at random, the order going unrecorded, though North Dakota is traditionally listed first.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Animal:
Coyote = 47
Cougar = 49
B: State Bird:
Quail = 0
Ring-Necked Pheasant = 4
C: State Fish:
Walleye = 9
Pickerel = 3
D: State Flower:
Daisy = 2
American Pasque = 0
E: State Gemstone:
Fairburn Agate = 34
Smoky Quartz = 35
F: State Nickname:
The Black Hills State = 6
The Mount Rushmore State = 2
G: State Tree:
Black Hills Spruce = 5
Pine = 0
H: State Insect:
Dragonfly = 1
Honeybee = 8