Antrim County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Antrim 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 |
ANTRIM COUNTY |
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Antrim County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,580. The county seat is Bellaire. The name is taken from County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
Antrim County was formed in 1840 and organized in 1863. In 1950 its population was 10,721. The county seat was originally located in Elk Rapids, but was moved to Bellaire in 1904 after 25 years of litigation.
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Antrim was originally named Meegisee (meaning "eagle"), which was the name of a Chippewa chief who signed the 1821 Treaty of Chicago and the 1826 Treaty of Mississinwas. The name Antrim was one of five Irish or Scots Irish names given to renamed counties in 1843, supposedly in deference to the increasing number of settlers of Irish and Scots Irish heritage in Michigan at that time. In the text of the 1843 legislative act, the name was misspelled as "Antim". YMCA Camp Hayo-Went-Ha, the oldest American summer camp that sits on its original site, occupies about one square mile on the shore of Torch Lake in Central Lake Township. Boys first attended Hayo-Went-Ha (variant of Hiawatha) in 1904.
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Determine what the population of Antrim county was in 1950. Subtract 371. Let that number = Z.
2. From the posted coordinates travel Z feet at a true north azimuth of 272.15 degrees.
3. You will find what you seek tucked away by a four trunk tree. Oh and pay attention to the attributes, we'd hate to see you get trampled. |
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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 Antrim County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antrim_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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(Decrypt)
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