History of Berrien County - Portage Prairie Church Mystery Cache
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History of Berrien County - Portage Prairie Church
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The posted Coordinates will take you to a sign describing the Portage Prairie United Methodist Church. You will need information from this sign to solve puzzle below
On that sign you must find the following clues:
A = Last digit of year Rough Families came to Portage Prairie from PA
B = Last Digit of year Steeple was removed
C = # of digits in height of steeple
D = 3rd digit of year church merged with the United Brethren Church
E = 2nd Digit of Cost of Church
F = Last digit of year denomination merged with United Evangelical Church
The coordinates of the final are 41 46.ABC 86 20.DEF.
Niles is an old Historic town. This area was explored by LaSalle and Historic Fort St Joseph, which flew 4 different country flags, was located on the St Joseph River in what is now Niles. The Old Sauk Indian Trail, connecting Michigan with Indiana and Illinois, came right through here, and is called the Chicago Road. Then when Michigan Ave (Now US 12) was forged from Fort Gratiot (Now Detroit) to Fort Dearborn (Now Chicago), it came through. When the Railroads were connecting America, the Michigan Central Railroad was surveyed through Niles. Niles was also home to two of the great names in the Automotive Industry and a Famous Author.
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