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Cleared for Landing! Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 7/31/2015
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Congratulations to Armed Infant & Serial Stryker for FTF!!!!

While in the area today, I decided this area needed a cache. Luckybell14 & I scoped out an ideal spot not too far from the airport and the Danbury Fair Mall. Good luck!


A little history of Danbury, CT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut#History)

Danbury was settled by colonists in 1685, when eight families moved from what are now Norwalk and Stamford, CT. The Danbury area was then called Pahquioque by its namesake, the Pahquioque Native Americans. One of the original settlers was Samuel Benedict, who bought land from the Paquioques in 1685, along with his brother James Benedict; James Beebe, and Judah Gregory. Also called Paquiack ("open plain" or "cleared land") by local Native Americans, the settlers chose the name Swampfield for their town, but in October 1687, the general court decreed the name Danbury. The general court appointed a committee to lay out the boundaries of the new town. A survey was made in 1693, and a formal town patent was granted in 1702.

A 60-acre (24 ha) tract near the Fairgrounds, known as Tucker's Field, was purchased by local pilots in 1928 and leased to the town. This became an airport, which is now Danbury Municipal Airport (ICAO: KDXR).

 

Permission to place this cache was granted from local business

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