IL River Byway Namesake Traditional Cache
Illinois River Road: No longer maintained.
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The Village of Manito, originally known as Black Hawk Grove, was
homesteaded in 1850. The citizens were not satisfied with the name
and searched for a stronger one. Inspired by Henry Longfellow's
"Song of Hiawatha", Manito became the name. The cache is located by
the statue honoring Manito's predecessors. Make sure to record the
4 digit code found inside the cache into your Illinois River Road
geocaching log book and guide.
The Illinois
River Road National Scenic Byway stretches 291 miles along the east
and west sides of the Illinois River from Ottawa to Havana, and is
notable for its natural and historic qualities. The route was
designated a National Scenic Byway in 2005 – one in 150 of
America’s Byways® throughout the U.S. Its six gateway
communities include Ottawa, Princeton, Peoria, Pekin, Canton, and
Havana with several other portal communities along the byway.
This cache is one of 15 placed in the Havana Gateway for the
Illinois River Road series. The series has a total of 90 geocaches.
Collect 10 of the 15 four-digit cache codes from each gateway to be
eligible for a specially designed Illinois River Road coin (one
unique coin for each gateway community). Please visit
www.illinoisriverroad.org/geocaching for more details on this
series of caches.
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