Original container has gone missing. Bring pencil, log only, an extraction tool for log is needed. This cache is placed near the South edge of town. In 1836, the area was first settled by members of the Connecticut Association as part of a New England movement to encourage its Protestant peoples to populate the northern portion of Illinois ahead of Roman Catholic immigrants and southern pro-slavery elements. Some 16,000 acres in what are now Wethersfield and Kewanee Townships were purchased and a town site in the wilderness was selected and named Wethersfield. The first settlers arrived in late 1836, others followed and by the early 1850's some 500 to 1000 people occupied the village and immediate surrounding. At that time, the closest "civilization" were Peoria or Rock Island both about 50 miles away.