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USA Geocoin LOUISIANA PURCHASE

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Released:
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Origin:
United States
Recently Spotted:
In GEO*S COIN BOX

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BEFORE THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPADITION COULD BECOME A PART OF HISTORY, THE LAND HAD TO BE AQUIRED. THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON AND CALLED THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.

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THE COIN IS ONE OF 2 THAT HAVE BEEN NEWLY CREATED TO MARK THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
IT HAS THE SAME DESIGN AS THE DISC SET AT MONTICELLO,THOMAS JEFFERSONS HOME,AND ALL OTHER SIGNATURE DISCS.
FRIENDSHIP HANDSHAKE ON ONE SIDE,LEWIS AND CLARK ON THE OTHER.

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Dropped Off 9/3/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 placed it in CONFLUENCE WITH DESTINY Missouri - 414.06 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/24/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 retrieved it from Sergeant Floyd Monument Iowa   Visit Log

THIS IS OUR SECOND VISIT PAST THIS POINT.
WE PASSED A LOT OF THE SIGNATURE DISCS ON THE LAST GEOCACHE JUMP.
THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT WE JUST PASSED BY BECAUSE WE GOT THOSE LAST YEAR.
I THOUGHT THIS BE A FITTING MEMORIAL TO SGT. FLOYD.
HE HAS NOW MADE THE FULL TRIP BY SPIRIT AND WITH A GEOCOIN NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

WE ARE NOW GETTING CLOSER TO OUR CONFLUENCE WITH DESTINY.

Dropped Off 6/24/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 placed it in Sergeant Floyd Monument Iowa - 407.33 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/23/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 retrieved it from Center of Nation South Dakota   Visit Log

WELL OUR JOURNIES HAVE TAKEN US TO SOME VERY INTERSTING SPOTS SO FAR.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN AT ANOTHER CENTER OF THE NATION.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST THERE IN KANSAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
OH WE WERE THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.....
NOW I HAVE YOU ALL CONFUSED.

WE ARE HAVING A BLAST SO FAR FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GREAT ONES LEWIS AND CLARK.
THIS ADVENTURE HAS BEEN A ONCE IN A LIFTIME TOUR OF OVER 6000 MILES AND MANY HISTORIC STOPS.

WERE NOT DONE YET.

Dropped Off 6/23/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 placed it in Center of Nation South Dakota - 510.75 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/22/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 retrieved it from Travelers Rest Montana   Visit Log

WELL WE MET UP WITH THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY II HERE.

WE DID A COIN EXCHANGE AND GOT TO GET ONE OF OUR LEWIS AND CLARK GEOCOINS HEADED DOWN RIVER AND HOME FROM HERE.

I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE CACHE FINISHED BUT HAD A GREAT TIME ON OUR JOURNEY TO THIS POINT OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL.

Dropped Off 6/22/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 placed it in Travelers Rest Montana - 141.39 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/22/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 retrieved it from Great Falls Travel Bug Inn Montana   Visit Log

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT STOPS ON THE TOUR.
THIS IS ANOTHER LEWIS AND CLARK SIGNATURE DISC LOCATION.

WE ARE HAVING A BLAST ON THIS 6000 MILE TREK ACROSS THE USA.
OUR TRAVELS HAVE TAKEN US TO MANY GREAT AND HISTORIC SPOTS.
WE MUST NOW CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY TO OUR
CONFLUENCE WITH DESTINY.
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THIS WILL BE HELD 200 YEARS TO THE DAY THAT LEWIS AND CLARK WERE THERE.
TRY TO MAKE IT IF YOU CAN.
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT.

Dropped Off 6/22/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 placed it in Great Falls Travel Bug Inn Montana - 90.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/22/2006 GEO*Trailblazer 1 retrieved it from Ruins of Cut Bank Montana   Visit Log

THIS IS ONE OF OUR FURTHEST NORTH GEOCACHES.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR TO GET TO THE LEWIS AND CLARK MONUMENT JUST WEST OF HERE AS WELL AS THE TWO MEDICINE FIGHT SITE JUST SOUTH.

WE ACCOMPLISHED BOTH TASKS AND CONTINUE OUR QUEST ON OUR 6000 MILE TREK.
ONE MORE STOP ALONG THE TRAIL OF MANY TRAVELS.

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