WV Civil War Trail Zone 5 - Alderson's Ferry Multi-cache
WV Civil War Trail Zone 5 - Alderson's Ferry
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ExploreWV
Civil War Geotrail
Zone 5
Alderson's Ferry
Strategic Crossing
It has been said that all good things must come to and end. The Civil War Trail will come to that end on October 31, 2014. Thanks to all that have visited the many wonderful caches.
Stage 1 (posted coordinates) is at a Civil War sign. Visit here to get information from the sign to find final location.
Final container is at N37 43.X50 W080 38.Y05
To solve for X, read the Civil War sign. X equals the last number of the year (186X) that General Rutherford B. Hayes, the future president of the United States, crossed his brigade over the river.
To solve for Y, read the Civil War sign. Y equals number of Confederate calvarymen killed or wounded here on July 12, 1862. What better way to celebrate our 150th birthday, learn about our involvement in the Civil War, and explore the beautiful State of West Virginia than to launch a statewide geotrail?
ExploreWV is happy to be launching our fourth series, with cooperation with the WV Division of Culture and History and the WV Sesquicentennial Commission. We have divided the state into five zones. Each zone contains 15 geocaches placed on or near historical Civil War sites for a total of 75 geocaches. In order to earn a geocoin for each zone, geocachers must find and document eight of 15 caches per zone. These geocoins have been created in the shape of each zone, meaning that if you are fortunate enough to be one of the first 140 geocachers to complete each zone and receive all five coins, they will form the State of West Virginia. As a bonus, a sixth geocoin was created to commemorate the state’s 150th birthday: be one of 75 people to complete all 75 caches in this series to receive this special coin.
In order to claim a geocoin, geocachers must take ONE sticker from each cache and place it in an official playbook. WHICH CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE. Once eight caches have been found, geocachers may proceed to the corresponding hotel located in the zone and receive your geocoin. All addresses are located within the official playbook.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Only 140 geocoins for each zone were created. Please be aware there is a possibility that you may complete a zone but not make it in time to receive a coin for your efforts.
We hope you enjoy learning about the significant role West Virginia played in this monumental war. It has been a privilege to create this challenge and share some great history with you!
Special thanks go to Nsk326 for helping place this cache!
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