GC4AEQV General McPherson Park and Grab (Traditional Cache) in Ohio, United States created by Januarytwin1

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Januarytwin1: everytime I go there there is nothing that other people report but I guess it must be true

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Hidden : 4/22/2013

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Mcpherson's Legacy includes: Sculpture in McPherson, Kansas Fort McPherson in the Atlanta, Georgia, area was named in Gen. McPherson's honor on February 20, 1866... McPherson Square in Washington, D.C., and its Metro rail station are named in the general's honor. At the center of the square is a statue of McPherson on horseback.... McPherson County, Kansas, and the town of McPherson, Kansas, are named in his honor. There is also an equestrian statue of him in the park across from the McPherson County Courthouse.... McPherson County, South Dakota, founded in 1873, and organized in 1885, was also named in his honor..... McPherson County, Nebraska, and Fort McPherson National Cemetery, located near Maxwell, Nebraska, were named in his honor, and the National Cemetery was established on March 3, 1873. This 20-acre (81,000 m2) cemetery is located two miles (3 km) south of Interstate 80, near Exit 190..... McPherson Road in Ayer, Massachusetts, was named in his honor..... A monument marking the death of McPherson was established at the location of his death in East Atlanta, at the intersection of McPherson Avenue and Monument Avenue. McPherson Avenue in Atlanta was named for him. The spot is marked by a Union cannon once placed at Glenwood Road and Flat Shoals Road to protect the flank of the front line and return fire against the defensive positions built by Lemuel P. Grant..... A distinctive engraved portrait of McPherson appeared on U.S. paper money in 1890 and 1891. The bills are called "treasury notes" or "coin notes" and are widely collected today because of their fine, detailed engraving. The $2 McPherson "fancyback" note of 1890, with an estimated 600-900 in existence relative to the 4.9 million printed, ranks as number 15 in the "100 Greatest American Currency Notes" compiled by Bowers and Sundman (2006)..... The James B. McPherson Elementary School in the Ravenswood area of Chicago, Illinois, was named for McPherson..... In his home town of Clyde, Ohio, James B. McPherson Highway (State Route 20), McPherson Middle School and McPherson Cemetery are named for him.