GC411C5 MML 2013 - Salisbury District 1 (Traditional Cache) in Maryland, United States created by MML Geotrail

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MML Geotrail: The MML and the Maryland Geocaching Society (MGS) would like to thank everyone for participating in the 2013 MML Geotrail. The trail and geocoin promotion ended effective April 2014. Please be sure to visit the MGS website at www.mdgps.org for latest news on geocaching in Maryland.

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Hidden : 1/4/2013

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The Maryland Municipal League Geotrail 2013
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
Salisbury - MML District 1

The trail consists of 10 MML participating Districts (regions).
The MML Geocache Trail project will launch January 5, 2013 with 49 participating cities and towns. A trackable geocoin will be awarded to the first 200 geocachers as an incentive for locating at least 2 municipal caches in each of the 10 participating districts. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must download a MML 2013 passport, find and log at least 20 of the MML 2013 geocaches. Geocachers must record the code word from the cache in their passport, and post a picture at the cache location on the cache page with your found log in order to earn the coin. However, this is not required to log the find.

After finding at least two municipal caches in each of the 10 participating districts, geocachers may return their completed passport to the MML Office in Annapolis for validation to receive their collectable geocoin. Please refer to the passport or MML website for complete details.

For a complete list of participating towns or for updated information, visit the MML web site at MML link or the Maryland Geocaching Society web site at MGS Link

You are seeking a traditional hide stocked with a variety of items. Please adhere to all park rules and no night caching! If you want to earn the new MML geocoin, don't forget to record the code word and post a pic at the cache location.

Salisbury, Maryland, founded in 1732 and incorporated in 1854, is the largest city on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and it is the county seat of Wicomico County. Salisbury is located at the head of the Wicomico River, the navigable waterway that leads to the Chesapeake Bay.

Salisbury features two growing institutions of higher education--Salisbury University and Wor-Wic Community College--as well as the Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Perdue Farms, Arthur W. Perdue Stadium--home of the Delmarva Shorebirds--the Chipman Cultural Center, Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, and the Salisbury Zoological Park--recognized as one of the best small zoos in America. For more information on Salisbury, visit the City’s website at www.ci.salisbury.md.us.

Salisbury, the Crossroads of Delmarva, is a growing city with an exhilaring blend of residential and retail. Life is good on the Eastern Shore!

The Salisbury City Park is the largest municipal park within the City limits. It encompasses 113 acres of land along Beaver Dam Creek from Snow Hill Rd to Beaglin Park Drive.

Some of the attractions located within the park: Salisbury Zoological Park, Lighted tennis courts, Ball fields, Picnic areas and pavilions, Several playground areas, including Ben's Red Swings, Paddle boat rentals, Hiking and bike trails, The Francis J Tilghman Dog Park, and Lighted horseshoe court. The Salisbury Community Band Performs its summer concert series annually in the historic bandstand. In the winter, the west side of the park is the site of the "Winter Wonderland" display of lights.

History of the City Park: The area that encompasses the Salisbury City Park was once covered by Humphrey’s Lake. The City Park owes its existence to the failure of the Humphrey’s Lake mill dam on May 29, 1909. After the lake was drained, the area east of the railroad bridge was an abandoned wasteland. In 1925, Salisbury Mayor Thomas L Parker Sr. negotiated the purchase of the 53 acre exposed lake bottom for $5000, in order to construct a new municipal water plant and well field.

Since the new water system only took up a small portion of the lake bottom, the balance of the land was developed as the municipal park. In 1927, Mayor Parker appointed the first Park Commission to oversee the park.

Winding through the early park was the east prong of the Wicomico River, spanned by a series of simple timber footbridges. The devastating Atlantic storm of August 1933 damaged the Schumaker Lake dam, flooding the park and destroying most of the improvements.

In the years following this storm, with aid from Depression Era federal work programs such as the WPA, the park lands were redesigned and improved with trees, shrubs, bridges, roads and walkways. Two of the most distinctive structures built during this time were the octagonal bandstand and the arched footbridge. The electric water fountain was built prior to the Salisbury Bicentennial in 1932. The Salisbury Zoo, at the east end of the park, was founded in 1954, when a few animals were placed on permanent exhibit within the park.

The Town of Salisbury thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to The9Searchers for helping with this hide!

Thanks to the Calvertcachers, Snurt, and the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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