The Seven Wonders of Tahlequah
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These coordinates listed are for the first location on your journey to find the final cache. To figure out the coordinates for each wonder, you will have to visit the 7 locations listed below in the order given. There is not a cache at each site. Instead, you will be gathering information to determine the missing number in the
coordinates of the next site. This cache is rated 3 due to the miles you will have to travel but remember to get the other caches in the area that you will be passing.
This multi cache will lead you to The Seven Wonders of Tahlequah (Seven Wonders of the World) and a final cache location. Hope you enjoy these unique places that you will visit during your journey. All the locations are in the city limits except for the first place which is on HWY 10 near the Illinois River.
A. The Cross at Sparrow Hawk Village (A view from afar) Christ the Redeemer Statue - Brazil
N35 59.043 W094 55.408
Subtract the number of minutes you can park in front of the building from 39, to get the missing #’s in the next coordinates in B. The sign isn't there anymore, so I will have to tell you the answer to this one. (15)
The cross is atop Sparrow Hawk Mountain where a group of believers live and practice the New Age Movement.
B. Early Presbyterian church in Cherokee Territory - Westminster Abby - England
N35 51.7_ _ W094 57.650
Subtract the established date (on the sign directing
you to the church) from the recast date listed on the bell in front of the church, to get the missing #’s in the next coordinates in C.
The large bell which was cast in 1847 for the Park Hill Presbyterian Mission Church, at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, is one of the oldest in Oklahoma. The bell was hung in the belfry of the brick church at Park Hill, there to remain until the breaking out of the Civil War.On a cold morning in January, a school boy filled a stove in a new schoolroom recently built at the south end of the original building, the stove pipe became red hot and the building caught fire and quickly became a mass of flames. The bell fell into the burning timbers and planks and was melted into a shapeless mass. This metal was sent to the Andrew McNeeley Bell Company, West Troy, New York, original casters of the bell, and it was recast with the same inscriptions and now hangs in the belfry of the Park Hill Presbyterian Church, Park Hill, Oklahoma.
C. The Great Wall of Tahlequah-The Great Wall of China
N35_ _.625 W094 58.135
Find the year the wall was built and subtract from the
year I graduated,1974,to get the missing #’s in the next
coordinates in D.
The wall was built in memory of an area teacher.
D. The Castle - Petra,Jordan
N35 55.054 W094 58.2_ _
Count the number of windows on the SE turret and multiply by 3 to get the missing #’s in the next coordinates in E.
The house was built by some men from an NSU faternity as a school project
E. The Clock Tower - Big Ben in England
N35 55.2_ _ W094 58.095
Take the number that is represented by KT on the Cherokee side of the clock, to get the number that is missing in the next coordinates in F.
Sequoyah never learned to read or write English, but while in Georgia he became captivated by whiteman's ability to communicate by making marks on paper and reading from "talking leaves." He began work on developing a Cherokee writing system in 1809. During the war, he became convinced he was on the right path. Unlike white soldiers, he did not write letters home and could not read military orders.
After the war Sequoyah began in earnest to create symbols that would make words. He and his daughter, Ayoka, played games using the symbols. He became obsessed with developing a new Cherokee alphabet writing system because he knew it would help his people. Sequoyah became a recluse in his obsession to perfect the writing system. He endured constant ridicule by friends and even family members, who said he was insane or practicing witchcraft.
Finally, after twelve years of labor, ridicule and abuse he finally reduced the complex language into 86 symbols, each representing a unique sound of Cherokee speech. In 1821, after a demonstration of the system to amazed tribal elders, the Cherokee Nation adopted his alphabet, now called a 'syllabary'. Thousands of Cherokees learned to read and write within a few years.
F. The Tallest Building in Tahlequah-Empire State Building New York City,NY
N35 55.18_ W094 58.000
Count the number of tiles on the front of the building that look like dogwood pedals and subtract 2 from that number, to get the missing #’s in the next coordinates in G.
The Net building houses the microcomputer center.
G. The Billy Colman Statue from “Where the Red Fern Grows”- The Statue of Zeus Greece
N35 55.017 W094 58.__0
Take the number of benches that are around the statue and add the number of puppies Billy has in his bag over his shoulder, to get the missing #’s in the coordinates for the final location where a cache is hidden. ( The same # goes in each blank of the coordinates for H.)
Billy Coleman grew up in the Ozark Mountains on a little farm with his parents and three younger sisters. Billy's sole desire is to have a pair of coonhound dogs, but his parents refuse. He asks his parents for a pair of hunting hounds, but since the family is not as wealthy as others, all his father can offer him is a farm collie from next door's farm. Billy becomes physically sick for want of the dogs. Then he decides to earn the dogs himself after finding a magazine with a section that advertises dogs for sale for $25 each. The magazine was discarded by fishermen that were sitting on a log and later left. On the bank where they fish, Billy offers a prayer to God to help him get his dogs. Billy does odd jobs and sells food and bait to the fishermen to earn money. After two years, he earns enough, and his grandfather orders the dogs. When the paper confirming the purchase comes back, Grandpa tells Billy that someone will bring him to town by car next week to fetch his pups. However, Billy is too excited and walks to town that very night to fetch his pups from the train station in Tahlequah. After a couple of misadventures in town, Billy manages to get his pups. He carries them home in a gunny sack. On the way home he stops by the fishermen's bank, where he had first said his prayer. He tries to think of names for his dogs, but cannot think of any. Finally, he chooses the names Old Dan and Little Ann.
H. Coordinates to the final cache
N35 54._47 W094 56.9_6
At the final location you will find a camoed container to log your journey and trade items if you choose to do so. It is a very short walk to the cache. There will be some weeds to go through in the summer months and a few downed trees from winters past. There are a few picnic tables nearby that you can use. Look out for the parking lot cop.
Additional Hints
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