Alpena County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Alpena County - Letters From Home
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Parking for the caches in the "Letters From Home" series can be found at N43 02.850 W85 48.512 (Marne), N43 07.578 W85 52.886 (Conklin), and N43 11.031 W85 56.816 (Ravenna)
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
ALPENA COUNTY |
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Alpena County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,598. The county seat is Alpena. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan.
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It was founded originally in 1840 as Anomickee County. In 1843, the name was changed to Alpena, a pseudo-Native American word — a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft, meaning something like "a good partridge country." This was part of a much larger effort to rename a great many of the Michigan counties at the time. It was officially organized in 1857.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Sum the three years mentioned in the second paragraph, add 2754 more and let that number = Z.
2. From the posted coordinates travel Z feet at a true north azimuth of 284.7 degrees
3. You will find what you seek under a UPS between two trees. |
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In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)
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Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series. Please be considerate of your fellow cachers and use a wet wipe to clean the stamp before you put it back.
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| For more on Alpena County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpena_County,_Michigan |
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For those that might not have tools to project waypoints geolifeline.com may be of some use to you.
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| There are 83 caches in this series. That is a lot to maintain so feel free to help by bringing along a spare bag and maybe a towel to dry out anything that gets moisture in it. Please keep the containers hidden from muggles. Thanks for playing. |
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
gjb gerrf naq HCF (be CBF)
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