Carl R. Sohncke Square Traditional Cache
New York Admin: I regret to report that the cache owner has not responded to the prior note about this disabled cache. I'm archiving it opening the area up to others.
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New York Admin
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Sergeant Carl R. Sohncke was a Queens native who was killed in action during World War I. Sergeant Sohncke enlisted in the United States Army on July 20, 1915, and was a member of Company M in the Army’s 28th Infantry regiment. He was killed in France on May 28, 1918, while on reconnaissance.
The surrounding neighborhood of Woodside, called “Suicide’s Paradise” by the colonials for its harsh environment, was settled in the late 17th century by Joseph Sackett. Between 1830 and 1860, the area grew and became home to mansions owned by John Kelly, William Schroeder, Gustav Sussdorf, and Louis Windmuller, all men from Charleston, South Carolina. Woodside’s moniker comes from a correspondence written by John Andrew Kelly to his son, John A. F. Kelly, entitled “Letters from Woodside,” inspired by the unending run of trees visible from his writing desk. The younger Kelly, publisher of The Brooklyn Times, printed the letters for the enjoyment of the paper’s readers. Laid out in 1869, Woodside exists today as a patchwork of industrial, commercial and residential areas.
I gave it a 2 terrain due to the high muggle activity.
Bring Pen, only room for log.
Additional Hints
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