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055 WGA Geo-Art Mystery Cache

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Wisconsin Geocaching Association: On 11/30/2016, the WGA GeoArt was published. The 2022 Board of Directors along with BigJim60 who is the trailboss of this awesome GeoArt have made the decision to retire the WGA GeoArt starting 09/01/2023. Thank you to all that have made the trip, or multiple trips to find these 192 caches over the years.

The cache containers will be picked up and will not qualify for the WGA Cache Rescue game.

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Hidden : 10/15/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the WGA Geo-Art Series! The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Please solve the puzzle below in order to find the final.

Wisconsin is made up of 72 counties, this cache is focused on Grant county. Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,208. Its county seat is Lancaster. Grant County comprises the Platteville, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is in the tri-state area of Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and is crossed by travelers commuting to Madison from a number of eastern Iowan cities, and by residents of northern Illinois traveling to the Twin Cities or La Crosse, Wisconsin. Here are a few stats about Grant County, courtesy of Wikipedia. You can learn more about Grant county at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_County,_Wisconsin

This county's oldest geocache is GC9151 Room with a View (of Mississippi) placed by The Lil Otter.

You will find this cache at N44 32.ABC W90 04.DEF

A & B: Between 1520 and 1A2B this area was nominally ruled by Spain.

C: The oldest geocache in the county is GC91C1.

D & E: As of the 2010 census, the population was 51,2ED.

F: In 1F83 the British government acknowledged the jurisdiction of the United States over the land east of the Mississippi River, including what is now Grant County.



SOURCE: Most of the information on this page was obtained from Wikipedia's page about this Wisconsin county.

CHECK SUM: A+B+C=11 D+E+F=15

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