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30 Nebraska 50 State Star Fillmore County Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This Geoart is part of a Nationwide project;
THE USA 50 STATE STAR GEOART
celebrating every state in the USA !

Our Goal is to have a "50 STATE STAR" in each state of the USA.
Look for the states that proudly display the "STAR" !

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

The Fairmont Creamery Company was incorporated March 29, 1884. From a small, part-time business, the company became one of the nation's largest food processors, later known as Fairmont Foods. The creamery's first product was butter. By 1891, the 100 employees made 7,000 pounds of butter daily.

The posted coordinates are bogus.

Please solve the following to find the coordinates of the cache container.

When Fairmont State Airfield was inactivated on December 31, 1945, the War Assets Administration declared the property surplus in the spring of 1946. Buildings were sold and dismantled or moved. The Enlisted Men's Service Club was dismantled and rebuilt in Shickley, Nebraska as what?

A) a church 760
B) a bar 795
C) a library 805

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Starting in the early 1900s, Fillmore County began experimenting in designing bridges constructed entirely of what material? Starting from around 1914, this material became the exclusive construction material for bridges in the county. The Big Blue River Bridge was constructed this way. The main designs for the bridges constructed with this material were arches and slab spans.

A) concrete 160
B) steel 186
C) iron 201

W096 05.XXX

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