Welcome to the USA Geoart! The caches are obviously not at the posted coordinates, but they are all located along Route 3 in NH and Route 102 in Vermont. They are all relatively simple finds because I want everyone to be able to find these caches, regardless of age or physical ability. But to find these caches, you must solve the following questions about each state’s symbols. The website I used to gather the information was https://statesymbolsusa.org, so please use the same website to avoid any discrepancies.
In each cache, there is a special little surprise for the FTF if they want it, a little homemade magnet of each state. Will you be the first to collect all fifty?
I also need to give a huge shout out to my Mom, Mummie91957, for helping me immensely with this geoart series. Without her, this geoart would’ve taken much longer to plan out.
West Virginia joined the union on June 20, 1863. When Virginia voted to secede from the United States during the Civil War (1861-65), the people of the rugged and mountainous western region of the state were against the decision and organized to form their own state, West Virginia, in support of the Union. The West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry was the site of John Brown’s ill-fated 1859 raid on the federal armory there. Brown’s plan to arm a large scale slave revolt with weapons from the armory failed and Brown was hanged. The raid did succeed in intensifying white Southern fears of slave rebellions and increased the tension between North and South prior to the Civil War.
N 44 A.BCD, W 71 E.FGH
A: State Animal:
Black Bear = 51
Brown Bear = 49
B: State Bird:
Chickadee = 6
Northern Cardinal = 0
C: State Fish:
Rainbow Trout = 9
Brook Trout = 2
D: State Flower:
Rhododendron = 1
Daisy = 8
E: State Fruit:
Golden Delicious Apple = 33
Gala Apple = 31
F: State Nickname:
The Coal State = 5
The Mountain State = 1
G: State Tree:
Sugar Maple = 5
Willow = 4
H: State Gemstone:
Diamond = 0
Fossil Coral = 3