History of Niles - Dodge Brothers Mystery Cache
MaxB on the River: Container Missing. This cache has hade a good run. Time to archive.
History of Niles - Dodge Brothers
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The posted Coordinates will take you to a sign describing the History of the Dodge Brothers. You will need information from this sign to solve puzzle below
On that sign you must find the following clues:
1) The Number of Letters in their Grandfathers 1st Name,
+ the Number of Chassis They contracted to Build for Henry Ford,
+ the number of Thousands applying for Dealerships
The sum of these 3 numbers is the final 3 digits of the N Coordinates.
2) Count the number of letters in the 3rd row of text (starts with Already) of the sourth side of the sign this becomes the last 2 digits of the W coordinates.
Niles is an old Historic town. This area was explored by LaSalle and Historic Fort St Joseph, which flew 4 different country flags, was located on the St Joseph River in what is now Niles. The Old Sauk Indian Trail, connecting Michigan with Indiana and Illinois, came right through here. Then when Michigan Ave (Now US 12) was forged from Fort Gratiot (Now Detroit) to Fort Dearborn (Now Chicago), it came through. When the Railroads were connecting America, the Michigan Central Railroad was surveyed through Niles. Niles was also home to two of the great names in the Automotive Industry.
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