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073 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 : 10/23/2016
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 Menominee county. Menominee County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,232 making it the least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Keshena. Menominee is Wisconsin's newest county, having been created in 1959 after the Menominee Tribe was terminated by federal law. In 1974, the tribe regained federal recognition and restoration of most of its reservation. Today Menominee County is essentially coterminous with the boundaries of the federally recognized Menominee Indian Reservation. Memoninee County is included in the Shawano, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Green Bay-Shawano, WI Combined Statistical Area. Here are a few stats about Menominee County, courtesy of Wikipedia. You can learn more about Menominee county at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menominee_County,_Wisconsin

This county's oldest geocache is GCG5NH Spirit Rock - MENOMINEE NATION, placed by The Lil Otter.

You will find this cache at N44 36.ABC W90 02.DEF

A: The reservation status was restored in 19A3.

B: The oldest geocache was hidden : 05/B9/2003

C: The county has a total area of 3C5 square miles.

D: Congressional district - 7

E & F: The termination of the Menominee Indian Reservation occured in 19FE.



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

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CHECK SUM: A+B+C=14 D+E+F=8

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