This 50 State Star celebrates
Nebraska - The Good Life
The NEBRASKA Star contains 51 Star caches, of which 50 are puzzles with a wherigo bonus. Each cache page will present Nebraska county trivia.
NEBRASKA FUN FACT
"Lone Tree" was the first name given the present village of Big Springs because of the huge cottonwood tree on the barren prairie that served as a landmark for emigrants, pioneers, and railroad builders. The tree, believed to be about 100 years old when pioneers first arrived, could be seen by riders of the Pony Express, overland stages, and people traveling the Oregon and California trails.
The posted coordinates are bogus.
Please solve the following to find the coordinates of the cache container.
During World War II Nebraska was home to eleven air bases. On June 7, 1944, fifteen planes departed from the Lincoln Army Air Base en route to the west coast. during a thunderstorm, one plane caught fire, descended to 500 feet, and began circling the town of Chappell, when it exploded about two miles southeast of here. What type of plane was it?
A) B-24 bomber 680
B) B-25 bomber 689
C) B-29 bomber 704
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Where is the largest wheat elevator is Western Nebraska which was established in 1994? Today's elevator holds 3.6 million bushels of grain and sits in the county seat.
A) Big Springs 812
B) Chappell 853
C) Lone Tree 902
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