This cache is part of the Emmet County History Quest Geo-Trail. When discovering the historic places in Emmet County as you travel from cache to cache, you will need to answer a specific question on your passport. Information and the passport can be downloaded from the Emmet County web site http://www.emmetcounty.org/geocache/
Once you have completed 20 of the caches in this tour, take your passport to Emmet County Building, Suite 178 or mail the passport to Beth Piehl, Emmet County Building, Suite 178, 200 Division St., Petoskey, MI 49770 to receive a collectable souvenir tag for this series.
The Inland Water Route Historical Museum is dedicated to maintaining and preserving the history of the Inland Waterway that connects Crooked Lake to Lake Huron. Inside the museum are displays, which include photos and artifacts on each community along the entire water route (Conway, Oden, Ponshewaing, Alanson, Indian River, Topinabee, and Cheboygan). There are also special displays that focus on logging, railroad use, and lodging as it pertained to the early settlement years of the water route.