Courthouse Cache #22 (Calhoun County) Traditional Cache
Courthouse Cache #22 (Calhoun County)
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This cache is a continuation of a series on county courthouses begun by ccindyy/bubb in the southeastern corner of the state. It is placed here with their express permission.
The county is named is in honor of John C. Calhoun, a leading Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century, member of the United States Senate from and the seventh Vice President of the United States.
Benton County was established on December 18, 1832, named for Thomas Hart Benton, a member of the United States Senate from Missouri, with its county seat at Jacksonville. Benton, a slave owner, was a political ally of John C. Calhoun, another slaveholder. Through the 1820s-1840s, however, Benton's and Calhoun's political interests diverged, with Calhoun increasingly using secession as a weapon to maintain and expand slavery throughout the United States. Benton, on the other hand, was slowly coming to the conclusion that slavery was wrong and that preservation of the union was paramount. On January 29, 1858, Alabama supporters of slavery, objecting to Benton's change of heart, renamed Benton County as Calhoun County.
The county seat was moved to Anniston after years of controversy and a State Supreme Court ruling in June 1900.
About the cache: The cache is anchored, but both caps screw off
Congratulations to CSI714 for stepping across the street and beging the first to find this cache!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Abg ng tebhaq yriry
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