I recently found my 1,000th mystery cache. To celebrate the occasion and to thank all the local puzzle cache hiders who helped me get to 1K, I’m putting out another of my own.
The cache is not hidden at the posted coordinates. Unless you’re already a learned scholar on all things Topeka, you’ll probably have to do a little internet research in order to claim your 
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Topeka was founded in 1854 in order to ferry wagon trains across the Kansas River as part of the Oregon trail western expansion. According to legend, “Topeka” is a Kansa-Osage sentence meaning “a good place to dig potatoes”. The young town was chartered as a city in 185A. Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861, and Topeka was chosen as the capital in 1862.
Topeka hosts some of the corporate offices of the BNSF Railway Company, founded by Cyrus K. Holliday as the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. It was chartered in 1859, but railway construction didn't start moving westward from Topeka until 1869.
Charles Curtis, the first and perhaps most accomplished of Topeka’s native sons, was born in 1B6C. He later became a United States Representative and Senator and was elected Vice President of the United States, serving with President Herbert Hoover from 1929-19D3. Curtis was the first person with significant Native American ancestry to reach either of the highest offices in United States government.
The Menninger Clinic, renowned worldwide for its pioneering efforts in the treatment, education, and research in the field of mental health, was established in Topeka in 19E9. The Menninger Sanitarium was founded in 192F. Psychiatrists C.F., Karl, and Will Menninger believed persons with mental illness could be treated successfully at a time when the field of psychiatry believed those with severe mental illness should be institutionalized for life and hidden away from their families and communities. The clinic and hospital closed its doors in Topeka in 2003 and merged with the Baylor College of Medicine, though several of its programs maintain their original Menninger names.
No historical account of Topeka can be complete without mentioning two 20th century events that received national attention. The first is the landmark United States Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education in Topeka, which ended racial segregation in our nation’s public schools. The decision was handed down in 1954 and was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement. And in 19G6, an F-5 tornado moved through the town from its southwest to northeast boundaries. The enormous tornado left a path of destruction 22 miles long, killing 15 people and injuring 500. Almost 4,000 homes were either destroyed or severely damaged in the storm.
You will find the cache at N 39.CDBAEA W 095.GFEBDD, a really interesting place I only learned about as I was doing research for this puzzle. Enjoy! Happy caching!
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