When Gold Makes Sterling Multi-Cache
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In 1870 the founders of this settlement decided its name with the flip of a $20 gold piece. The winner named it after his hometown of Sterling, Illinois.
The posted coordinates will take you to the Sterling cemetery and to the headstone of one of the founding fathers that settled in this area around 1856, he died in 1880.
Add his age at death in years, months and days together, then add that to 653 to get your North coordinate of 40º27.xxx.
Now take the month he died and add it to 371 to get your West coordinate of 096º22.xxx. Your final destination will be in the town of Sterling. The cache is a silver (not sterling) bison tube, so bring a pen or pencil.
According to the June 5th 1887 Daily Nebraska State Journal, Sterling was a thriving town on the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad with 1,000 inhabitants. Businesses at that time included two banks, two newspapers, two hardware stores, two meat markets, three drug stores, two restaurants, two hotels, two harness shops, four millinery establishments, three blacksmith shops, one wagon maker, one book and stationary store, one exclusive boot, shoe and clothing store, one jeweler, two bakeries, seven dry goods and general merchandise stores, one photographer, one implement firm, two livery stables, two loan brokers, two shoe makers, one billiard hall, four doctors and two lawyers. It also listed many tradesmen, several churches and a fine public school divided into four grades. As you can see, Sterling like most small towns today has only a handful of businesses left.
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