| Eight Hundred SixtyEighth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Granville Stinebaugh |
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Coordinates take you to the Nevada Well House where you will solve for the final. 
In 1861 Granville Stinebaugh moved to Texas from Missouri and purchased 160 acres of land near McMinn Chapel. Shortly thereafter the town of Nevada was established on his farm and named by Stinebaugh in honor of Nevada Territory, which he had passed through on his way to search for gold in California. The town received a post office on August 3, 1880. Eight years later the tracks of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway reached the community.
This Well House was once a Community icon. The Well House was a place where Nevada friends and family would visit and greet each other. The Gazebo type Well House was home to a community well which was used for watering houses in the day before the horseless carriage.
On the engraved bricks leading up to the Well House, you will find the answers to the following questions that will build out the coordinates to the final.
BYO 
cause we ain't Office Max.
A. When was the Nevada bank robbed?
1927 = 3
1926 = 4
1925 = 5
B. When was the town Marshall shot & killed on the square?
1895 = 7
1918 = 8
1930 = 9
C. What was Jim Smith's occupation?
Banker = 7
Postmaster = 8
Corn Sheller = 9
D. What happened to R.C. Gibson?
Killed by Tractor = 8
Bought a horse for $2 = 9
Storm blew his cow away = 0
E. How many Cotton Gins were operating in 1898?
Two = 2
Three = 4
Four = 6
F. What was the temperature in 1889?
120° = 4
0° = 5
-16° = 6
N33° 02.ABC W96° 22.DEF
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