This cache is part of the Vermont 251 Plus 4 Geocaching Club, an attempt to bring caches to each and every town, city and gore in the state of Vermont!
Fletcher was granted by the legislature, on August 20, 1781, to some of the men who were then holding the most important jobs in Vermont government. Among them was General Samuel Fletcher.
Beginning at Bunker Hill, Fletcher seems to have demonstrated a great deal of military prowess, and his rise through the ranks was rapid. He was in every engagement that involved Vermonters: Ticonderoga, Hubbardton, Bennington and all the rest. By 1780, when Jamaica was chartered to him and his associates, Fletcher had been a member of every Vermont constitutional convention, had represented Townshend at each meeting of the legislature, was a long-standing member of the Governor and Council, and of the Board of War. In June 1781, two months before the town of Fletcher was chartered, he was made a brigadier general of Vermont militia. Later he became major general in command of all Vermont troops.
About the cache
This is a replacement for the original This is Vermont: Fletcher cache that we set in Nov. 2008. It is a new cache with a new cache ID and may be found and logged by any cacher whether or not they have claimed the original as a find.