U.S. Route 67[1]
U.S. Route 67 is a 1,560 mile (2,511 km) long north-south U.S.
highway in the Midwestern United States. The southern terminus of
the route is at the United States-Mexico border in
Presidio,
Texas, where it continues south as
Mexican
Federal Highway 16 upon crossing the
Rio Grande.
The northern terminus is at
U.S. Route
52 in
Sabula,
Iowa.
US 67 crosses the
Mississippi
River twice along its routing. The first crossing is at
West
Alton, Missouri, where US 67 utilizes the
Clark
Bridge to reach
Alton,
Illinois. 240 miles to the north, US 67 crosses the river again
at the
Rock Island Centennial Bridge between
Rock
Island, Illinois, and
Davenport,
Iowa. Additionally, the route crosses the
Missouri
River via the
Lewis
Bridge a few miles southwest of the Clark Bridge.
Florissant, Missouri
Florissant,
Missouri is city of about 50,000 residents in
Saint
Louis County, Missouri, a place rich in history from the
earliest days of French trappers and fur traders through the
present. First settled in 1763/1764, the area was given the French
name "fleurissant" or "flowering", hence the area bears the
nickname "Valley of the Flowers".
The
"Old
Town" section reflects the original plot of the land, a sixteen
block section with the majority of its streets named for Catholic
saints. Particularly notable in "Old Town" is the
"Old
St. Ferdinand Shrine".
The Village of Florissant was established in 1786, while the
territory was still under Spanish rule.
Cache Description
You will likely be able to determine the reason for the
remainder of the cache name once you are on-site. The cache is an
Altoids tin with magnets, hidden within sight of US67, in a typical
place.
Happy hunting!
Footnotes