The Fisher-Crouse House, a stone Germanic farmhouse, was built by immigrant Nicholas Fisher c. 1767. For the time period, this was quite a valuable property and Nicholas’ will left the property to his son Valentine and his two sisters, Valentine has to pay his sisters 300 pounds each in exchange for his inheritance of the farm. In 1798 when properties were taxed by the number of panes of glass (Federal Direct Tax of 1798 or “the glass tax”), this house had the greatest number of panes in the area, a total of 150 in ten windows). He was a profitable farmer, growing wheat, rye, flax, apples, raising sheep and cows, and making cider and distilled liquor.
The property known as “Grubly Level” was sold to Jacob Young in 1826 and the property continued to be farmed for the next 125 years by a number of different owners, eventually purchased by Water and Laura Crouse in 1944. The Fisher-Crouse House and one acre was donated to the Hanover Area Historical Society in 1976 who maintained it and used it as a rental property until it was acquired by Hanover Borough in exchange for another property. Now it is on the land of the YMCA.
The geocache hidden at the posted coordinates is a regular geocache, however, it is also part of the Hanover Geo Trail (HGT), a project designed in cooperation with Main Street Hanover and the Hanover Chamber of Commerce to promote the businesses and places of interest in the Hanover Area.
This cache contains a unique code which you write down in your Hanover Geo Trail Passport to verify that you found it. When you have found a minimum of eighteen HGT caches, you will be eligible to have your Hanover Geo Trail Passport validated and receive a commemorative Hanover Geo Trail geocoin.
Passports are free and can be obtained at the Hanover Chamber of Commerce Office located at 146 Carlisle St, Hanover, PA 17331. Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Passports are also available on the Hanover Chamber of Commerce website for download.
http://hanoverchamber.com/visitor-information/hanover-geo-trail
This cache has been placed with permission by the owner of the property. As with all Hanover Geo Trail caches please do not attempt to locate the cache after dusk and as always be respectful.
Please notify us immediately through geocaching.com if you have any problems!