SwtM - Ackley Covered Bridge Traditional Cache

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The Mitten Crew: [maroon]It's time to close down the fourth year of the [b]Smitten with the Mitten[/b] series.

Thanks to [b]The Mitten Crew[/b] (Climb Guy, bigcatcog, fitfinders, MI Barrel Makers, and bretina) who paid for the p@thtags/stamps/supplies and placed the caches in order to make this series possible.

We hope you enjoyed the series.[/maroon]

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Hidden : 5/10/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Cache is within Seidman Park. Please take note of parking coordinates.

Henry Ford created Dearborn's Greenfield Village in 1929 when he began collecting the homes and workplaces of innovative Americans from all across the country and restoring them in a park-like setting. In the mid-1930's, Ford began to search for a covered bridge to add to his Village. Dozens of states claim covered bridges "that Henry Ford tried to buy." Ford's interest in their bridges instilled heightened local pride. As a result, many dilapidated covered bridges were suddenly considered to have historic value, and were retained and repaired.

Straddling Enlow Fork on the line between Washington and Greene counties in southwestern Pennsylvania stood a little 75' covered bridge. Built in 1832 by Joshua Ackley & Daniel Clouse the bridge had fallen into disrepair and was scheduled to be razed after 105 years of service. Mrs. Harleigh J. Carroll, Ackley's granddaughter, acquired the bridge and in turn gave it to Henry Ford in 1937. Ford's men descended on the aging structure and gently dismantled it's massive kingpost trusses. They then carefully trucked it 300 miles back toDearborn and reassembled the structure on it's present site.

The Ackley Bridge was re-erected over a specially dug man-made river in Greenfield Village, where today it is seen and appreciated by thousands of visitors each year. Few covered bridges will ever find a safer or more pleasant environment in which to spend their retirement years.

Visit 14 geocaches in the SwtM series. At each geocache collect a letter and number combination. Insert them into the phrase FiTS LIKe A GlOVE. Use the coordinates from the phrase to find the final geocache and become a Mitten Master
2013 Smitten with the Mitten caches
Whites Covered Bridge St. Joseph River Bridge Sixth Street Bridge Frankenmuth Covered Bridge
Mackinac Bridge Langley Covered Bridge Lake Lift Bridge International Bridge
Fallasburg Covered Bridge Croswell Swinging Bridge Ambassador Bridge  
Ada Covered Bridge Ackley Covered Bridge Blue Water Bridge Mitten Master

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