Maine's World Tour, Cities, Jerusalem Traditional Cache
Maine's World Tour, Cities, Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Township, Maine. Jerusalem, Israel
First I would like to credit the University of New Hampshire
Library of Digital Collections Initiative for the topo map file.
Also, a very big thank you to Mainiac1957 for bringing Jerusalem to
my attention, enabling me to add another to the Maine World Tour
series of caches. Welcome to Jerusalem Township, Maine. Or
actually, what today is Carrabassett Valley, Maine. I wasn't able
to determine how the township got it's name of Jerusalem, however
the area is well known for a number of interesting points, not the
least of which is Sugarloaf Mountain. More on that in a moment.
Carrabassett Valley was known as Jerusalem Township...T3 R2...up
until October 26, 1971 when residents voted 21-13 to incorporate
and create the town of Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Some notable
points are that the community is home to Carrabassett Valley
Academy , a private academy founded in 1982, specializing in alpine
skiing, snowboarding and freestyle. Seth Wescott, Julie Parisien
and Bode Miller can be counted as notable athletes and alumni of
the academy. Sugarloaf Mountain, peaking at 4,237 feet is second to
Maine's highest peak, Katahdin. Home to Maine's largest ski area
resort, Sugarloaf, the first trail was cut in the summer of 1950 by
Amos Winter and a number of volunteers and named "Winter's Way". In
the summer of 1972, the "Mountain of Pure Rock",WTOS-FM, started
broadcasting with their transmitter and antenna located on
Sugarloaf. Sugarloaf, the mountain and the ski resort are certainly
iconic of Maine. According to Wikipedia, Jerusalem, Israel is the
holy city for the three major religions in the world: Islam,
Judaism and Christianity. Obviously, space and time do not allow
for a complete history of Jerusalem, it is interesting to note that
Jerusalem has been captured and recaptured 44 times, attacked 52
times, besieged 23 times and destroyed twice. The oldest part of
the city, settled some 400 years before the birth of Christ, is one
of the oldest cities in the world. The old walled city is divided
into quarters, most notably Christian, Islamic and Jewish. The old
city is also where The Western Wall is located, between the Islamic
and Jewish Quarters on the Temple Mount. The name "Wailing Wall"
most likely originated by Muslims, the term being used up until the
1920's. According to Biblical Old Testament, Jerusalam was
established as the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel around
1000 BCE by King David. In Christianity, it has been a holy city
since Christ was crucified around 30 CE according to the New
Testament. In Sunni Islam, it remains the 3rd holiest city. I've
been fortunate to see the old city, guided by a great friend and
local political science teacher. Regardless of religion or if
agnostic, it is an amazing city. Some other caches you may want to
discover on the Maine World Tour series include Maine's World Tour,
Cities, Belfast CG266GJ, Maine's World Tour, Cities, Frankfort
CG23YAD, and Maine's World Tour, Counties, Egypt CG2B8PH. Enjoy!
Congratulations to tandemstoker for a well-earned FTF!
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