The third annual Delaware Challenge
is back: First State Challenge 2011 sponsored by Delaware
Geocachers! Now its moved to a fall event.
There are about 20 new caches
spread across the state of Delaware by volunteer cachers to give
you an appreciation for the great areas of the First State. These
should all be fairly easy to find as they are either small or
regular size with a maximum rating of 2/2.
To complete this challenge and be eligible for a small Challenge
tag & certificate at the challenge event, you must complete the
following:
1. You must find and log ALL FSC-2011 caches- both at the cache
location and online.
2. Record the code phrase written in the log book of each hide and
email your completed list of all FSC-2011 code phrases to
FSC2011@aol.com
3.For your convenience, there is a form on the Delaware Geocaching
Website at First State
Challenge 2011 - Form although the use of this form is not
required.
4. There will be a Challenge Event (12/10 in Dover) open to all
cachers. At this event, those that have been verified as completing
the challenge, will be eligible for a small Challenge tag and
Completion certificate.
5. The small Challenge tags are limited to the
first 100 cachers who complete the challenge.
6. More information can be found on the Delaware Geocachers
FSC-2001 Page First State
Challenge 2011 or on the forum page
First State Challenge 2011 Forum
Description:
Smyrna was first settled prior to the American Revolution on the
southern bank of Duck Creek. In 1716, this tiny village was known
to its inhabitants as Duck Creek. Duck Creek soon became a thriving
community of merchant vessels. Along with shipping grain, lumber,
peaches, and eventually fertilizer, shipbuilding became a prominent
business. Two major thoroughfares formed what were known as Duck
Creek Crossroads and later came to be called the Four Corners of
the town. In 1806, the Delaware Assembly changed the name of the
town to Smyrna. The original boundaries were one-fourth of a mile
in each direction from the Four Corners.
In 1857, the town limits were extended another one-fourth mile in
each direction, making the town equivalent to one square mile.
Present day Smyrna is at least three times its pre-1900s size and
growing rapidly