SQ / MLT - Redford Mystery Cache
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The MLT is Michigan Lost Towns.
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Seeing as these towns are LOST, we thought of them as "LOST IN SPACE" so as Space Cadets we decided to turn them into caches.
This Redford Townsip village was first settled by Azarias Bell, brother of Israel Bell, about 1828. It was then called North Pekin and was part of the earlier township of Pekin (formerly Bucklin). The township was reorganized in 1833 and renamed Redford, an Americanization of rouge (French for "red," which the muddy, but unpolluted river was in those days) and ford, since there was a ford nearby in the river. The village known as Redford developed after 1856 near Grand river and the Rouge river (Berg Road) - one of a string of towns that developed along that river all the way south to the Detroit River. By 1875, the town center was at Grand River at Lasher and later came to be known as Sand Hill, which actually was another village that began farther east on Grand River. In the township's early days, some people got around by way of the Rouge River. That was in the days before the old Lansing Plank Road, later to be called Grand River,was built. Redford Township once covered 36 square miles, from Greenfield Road to Inkster Road and from Joy to Base Line Road (Eight Mile). In the 1880s, A.P. McIntyre built a race track near the old town center on Berg Road and also held annual Redford Fairs there until his death in 1901. The curving drive of Curtis Avenue in this area is the only remnant of the race track days. The first Redford Fair was held around Henry Dubois' store at Grand River and Lasher. In 1894, Charles Lasher opened his hotel and general store on the opposite corner. Streets in the area bear the early merchants' names.
Intermittently, the town has been called Redford or Sand Hill. In 1906, for example, the town was combined with and renamed Sand Hill, but the name Redford was restored six months later. Later, it was called Sand Hill again. The name Redford has been continued in many ways. The Redford Theatre, a federally registered historic site, has operated there since 1927. The municipal golf course, formerly the Phoenix Golf Course, was called Redford for more than fifty years and is now named after retired City Councilman William Rogell. It is on the same land where McIntyre's race track once was located. There also is a Redford High School and several churches which carry the Redford name. The Redford Avenue Presbyterian Church, which is now over 100 years old, began in nearby Masonic Hall which is still standing. There is a Redford Street, a Redford public library, and a Redford neighborhood. Annexed to Detroit by village votes in 1925 and 1926.
Above text taken from the book Detroit Beginnings: Early Villages and Old Neighborhoods by Gene Scott.
NOW FOR THE PUZZLE:
Village was first settled about ???? Third number here is "A".
A.P. McIntyre died in ???? Last number here is "B".
Redford Theatre has operated here since ???? Last number here is "C".
In ???? the town was combined and renamed Sand Hill. Third number here is "D".
Redford Township once covered ?? miles. Add these numbers together to get "E".
By ????, the town center was at Grand River and Lasher. Second number here is "F".
Cache is at n42 25.ABC & w083 16.DEF
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ybj unatre.
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