This cache is a Solve On Sight puzzle so the name starts with SOS. To solve this puzzle go to the posted cords and you will find all the answers for the puzzle.
This cache was hidden for a Geocaching 101 class being held September 13, 2019. I noticed that there were not many caches in the downtown area so I have hidden ten caches in the downtown area for the 101 class and cachers in the area to find. I guess we can call these caches “Ten in the Clem”.
The first mayor of Mount Clemens, Joshua Dickinson, built this Italianate home in 1869. His daughter, Katherine, the great-granddaughter of city founder Christian Clemens, and his son-in-law, George M. Crocker, moved into the house after their marriage in 1870.
George Crocker, a former prosecuting attorney and justice of the peace, became mayor upon Joshua Dickinson's death which occurred less than one month after he took office.
The house was moved in 1908 to make room for a new post office, but the Crocker family remained in the home and owned the house until 1921.
Max Cohen purchased the home and remodeled it into four apartments. He continued to live in the home until his new residence was built in 1927.
Harry Chevalier purchased the home in 1934 and resided there until the 1970s when the Michigan State Highway Department purchased the home for $17,000. Slated for removal or demolition in 1975 it was rescued by the Macomb County Historical Society, which moved it to Union Street in 1976 for use as a local history museum.
The museum offers a late Victorian home-life experience reminiscent of the world renowned Mineral Bath Era of Mount Clemens in Macomb County, Michigan.
Use the historical marker to solve the puzzle.
The Puzzle:
N42° 35.ABC W82° 52.XYZ
A – Joshua Dickinson built the house in 186A
B – How many locations has the house occupied?
C – The Crocker family owned the house until 19C1
X –Katherine was Born in 184X
Y – Number of times the city of Chicago is mentioned on the marker
Z – George died in 19Z8