Missaukee County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid
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Missaukee 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)
| Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details |
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| LETTERS FROM HOME |
MISSAUKEE COUNTY |
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Missaukee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,849. The county seat is Lake City.
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Originally the county was part of Mackinac County, Michigan, but was split off. Missaukee County was organized in 1871, and is named after a prominent Ottawa chief, Nesaukee, who signed the treaties of 1831 and 1833. However, it is said that "Nesaukee" could be interpreted as 'large mouth of the river.'
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To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1.Read through the description of Missaukee County. Let A = the third digit in the year the county was organized. Let B = the number of letters in the Ottawa cheifs name +1. Let C = the number of letters in the last word of the description. let D = the first digit in the year of the census.
2. From the posted coordinates travel ABCD feet on a true north heading of 345.3 degrees.
3. You will find what you are seeking near where the woodpeckers have been feeding. |
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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 Missaukee County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missaukee_County,_Michigan |
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For those that do 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)
ybbx sbe fvtaf bs jbbqcrpxref naq lbh jvyy or pybfr
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