Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, MA in 1820. She is recognized for being a pioneer crusader for women's rights and equality. Enjoy the hunt and learning more about this outstanding woman of local history who made a difference in our nation!
In order to find this cache you will have to visit several places to gather information from historical markers.
First stage: go to the listed coordinates and you will find a plaque recognizing Susan B. Anthony for her "outstanding leadership as a pioneer crusader for women's rights and equality." There you will see the dates of her birth and her death.
Using the year of her death, subtract the year she was born to get her age. Once you know how old she was when she died, add it to the last 3 numbers of the north coordinates. Then add 181 to your answer for the north coordinates to stage 2.
N 42º 37.___ ___ ___ W 073º 07.297
Second stage: In the Maple Street Cemetery you will find a "Welcome" sign. Subtract the year it was established from the year it was designed by Charles F. Sayles of East Chester. Once you have the number of years it took before it was designed, add 439 to your answer for the west coordinates to stage 3.
N 42º 37.624 W 073º 07.___ ___ ___
Third stage: Continuing on in the Maple Street Cemetery you will find a plaque with information about this building. Subtract the year the Quakers settled in Adams from the year this building was built. Once you have the number of years, multiply it by 10. Take that answer and add the number of years the Friends worshipped here before they moved to Western New York. Add 618 to your answer for the north coordinates for the location of the final stage.
N 42º 37.___ ___ ___ W 073º 08.646
The easiest access to the final cache is from Bellows Pipe Trail parking area on Gould Road - parking coordinates listed.
Thank you to salts&marbles and mathteach7 for finding the mistake in the cache and giving us all the needed info to fix it.
Congratulations to goofychick31 on the FTF!