Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Large Rock Mystery Cache
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Large Rock
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This cache is located at Liberty Rock Park, a small public space overlooking Route 1 and home to a large rock. To get the final coordinates, read about the history of the rock below and solve the puzzles.
Liberty Rock, as we call it today, was once known as "Hog Rock." With a little imagination, the rock appears to be in the shape of a hog. Somewhere in the rock can be found the imprint of a hog's foot.
The site served as a lookout post and signal station. From Liberty Rock, Milford patriots watched the Housatonic River, then called the Stratford River, to guard against invasion by British forces during the Revolutionary War. The Spot was the highest elevation in the area. It was possible to see clear across the river to Stratford. The initials P.P. and date 1776 were carved by a young native of Milford, Peter Pierett. Pierett was the leader of a group calling themselves "The Liberty Boys". This group later became a part of the famous "Minute Men".
The Rock is 10 feet in diameter and weighs almost 35 tons. This type of rock is strange to the locality for there are no signs of similar rocks or stones of this variety for miles around. The Post Road side was the back of the rock. The original Post Road was to the north of the rock.
The large boulder was renamed Liberty Rock in 1897. A brief dedication was carved into the rock’s southern face. It is now the central feature of a small park that was restored in 2006.
1. To get the last 3 digits of the north coordinates, multiply the rock's diameter by its weight and subtract 43.
2. The last 3 digits of the west coordinates are .ABC
A = last number of the park's restoration date
B = last number of the date carved by Peter Pierett
C = middle number of the answer to question 1
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