Discovery At Recovery EarthCache
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This Earthcache is at Fort Recovery. There is no charge to walk the grounds and you will be able to find the answers on signs posted on the grounds. Daytime caching only please.
If you wish to go in the buildings or see the museum, there is a charge. Please see their website for more details on hours.
According to www.fortrecovery.org, Fort Recovery is a pretty, little historic village of some 1,300 population, located in West Central Ohio. The village is built on the site of General St. Clair's defeat in 1791 and General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's battle (recovery) in 1794. The fort that was built under Wayne's command was called Fort Recovery and that remains the name of the village.
Fort Recovery has geological evidence of glaciers. According to www.ohiocentralhistory.org, during the past two million years, glaciers have shaped and reshaped the surface of Ohio several times. These continental masses of ice affected as much as two-thirds of the state. Moving from the north and northwest, glaciers have scraped and flattened the landscape. Often more than a mile thick, they smoothed existing hills and filled valleys with enormous amounts of rocks, gravel, and smaller particles. Through these actions, glaciers have had a very important impact on the agriculture of Ohio. Their activity has been felt in two noticeable ways: shaping the ground upon which people work and build, and forming the soils that cover that ground.
Behind the Fort, there is also a depression in the land. Since this will be one of my questions to the cacher, I will not give away the answer as to the cause of this depression.
In order to log this cache as a find, you must answer the following geological questions:
1. There is a depression in the land behind the fort. What caused this depression?
2. Approximately how many years ago did the last glacier recede from the area?
Posting pictures are now optional. Please feel free to post a picture of you at the fort. I also enjoyed reading many of the other signs as there was a lot of interesting history and I hope you will too.
Congratulations to The Angre Nome for being the first to find!
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