Unpopular President Traditional Cache
West2East: The cache location has become overgrown and it is difficult to get to it.
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Located in the Gwendolyn Brooks Park, one of Topeka's smaller parks. The park is located at a very busy street corner and seems to have a number of visitors (especially at lunch time), so please be stealthy.
Historical marker at the park explains why Franklin Pierce was an unpopular president with Topeka:
Topeka was founded in 1854 at the site of Papan's Ferry where a branch of the Oregon Trail crossed the Kansas river as early as 1842. Anti-slavery leaders framed the Topeka Constitution, 1855, in the first attempt to organize a state government. The next year their legislature was dispersed by U.S. dragoons under orders from President Franklin Pierce. (So Pierce was omitted when Topeka named its streets after the Presidents.)
Cache contains only a log sheet. Bring your own pen.
CONGRATULATIONS guiltyimnot FTF 4/27/11
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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