Iron County - Letters from Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Iron 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 |
IRON COUNTY |
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Iron County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,817. The county seat is Crystal Falls
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| Iron County was organized in 1885 from territory taken from Marquette and Menominee counties. It was organized in that year. In 1890 the population of the county was 4,432. It was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders. |
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the description of Iron County. Let A = the population in 2010. Let B = the year it was organized. Let C = the population in 1890..
2. Travel at a bearing of 336.8 degrees for (A-C+B+527) feet.
4. You will find what you are looking behind a clump of trees off of the trail.. |
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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. |
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For more on Iron County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_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.
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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oruvaq n pyhzc bs gerrf bss bs gur genvy
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