Stage 1: This was the sight of my favorite 5 and 10 department store. This is where I would buy records, goldfish and, most importantly, die cast toy cars. Now it is a shoe store. Near this location is the statue commemorating the Battle of Hanover.
ABC = The year of the battle - 900
DEF = The year the statue was erected - 1815
You will find stage 2 at: N 39 47.ABC W 76 59.DEF
Stage 2
At this sight there was a large parking lot where we would play wiffle ball using the parking blocks as bases. One of my best friends Kurt lived across the street in the white house with the green trim. Kurt is now a Brigadier General in the US Army.
GHI = the address of the building at this sight – 86
JKL = Kurt’s address + 103
You will find stage 3 at: N 39 48.GHI W 76 59.JKL
Stage 3
This was the sight of the local butcher shop that I could run to from my house in 28 seconds. Trust me I timed it plenty of times. My mom would come here daily to buy meat for dinner and I would buy my baseball cards and get 15 cent sodas out of the soda machine. You can still buy meat here but not from the same animal.
MNO = The phone number area code +174
PQR = The last 4 digits of the phone number - 1702
You will find stage 4 at: N 39 47.MNO W 76 59.PQR
Stage 4
This was my elementary school. It was also the Junior High for my dad and the High School for my grandmother. Now it is an apartment building.
STU = The date of construction - 974
VWX = The date of construction - 1869
You will find the final stage at: N 39 47.STU W 76 59.VWX
Stage 5
This was a penny candy store that was a regular stop on the way home from school. Now that you have completed your task you can reward yourself with a more grown-up treat.
This is a multi-cache, however, it is also part of the 2016 Hanover Geo Trail (HGT16), a project designed in cooperation with Main Street Hanover and the Hanover Chamber of Commerce to promote places of interest in the Hanover Area.
This cache contains a unique code which you write down in your Hanover Geo Trail Passport to verify that you found it. When you have found a minimum of eighteen HGT16 caches, you will be eligible to have your Hanover Geo Trail Passport validated and receive a commemorative 2016 Hanover Geo Trail geocoin.
Passports are free and can be obtained at the Hanover Chamber of Commerce Office located at 146 Carlisle St, Hanover, PA 17331. Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Passports are also available on the Hanover Chamber of Commerce website for download.
http://hanoverchamber.com/visitor-information/hanover-geo-trail
This cache has been placed with permission by the owner of the property. As with all Hanover Geo Trail caches please do not attempt to locate the cache after dusk and as always be respectful.
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