The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!
You can learn the final coordinates for the cache location by completing the Adventure Lab, Laurel's Main Street - Then & Now. You will need a smartphone with data service and the Adventure Lab app installed. Available for iPhone and Android.
Laurel, MD was incorporated in 1870, but its history goes back to the late 18th Century when the Snowden family settled in the area. They built a grist mill in 1811 and a cotton mill in 1824.
2020 celebrates the 150th anniversary of the city. There is much history in and around Laurel. The Adventure Lab will focus on five Main Street locations and spotlight their history and how they have changed over the years. It can be done in any order. If you park anywhere along the route, you can walk the whole thing in just over a mile round trip. If you choose, there is free parking available near each location.
A special thank you to The Laurel History Boys for contributing content for the Adventure Lab descriptions and the Laurel Historical Society for the use of the historic photos. And thanks, as well, to MD Crab for their assistance with this cache.
You can park at the listed coords or pretty much anywhere along Main Street (free) to complete the Adventure Lab and then seek this bonus cache. These coords will bring you near a fifth historic location on Main Street, Saint Philip's Episcopal Church. It was built in 1848 by Horace and Louisa (Snowden) Capron and its parishioners. It was likely the first building in Laurel to be designed by a professional architect. The church bell is from St. Paul's Church in Baltimore and rang to warn of the approaching British troops in 1814. An 1866 one-room Sunday school building still stands at the southwest corner of the church property and a cemetery is located at the rear of the building.
The cache is located at N 39 6.4AB W 076 51.XYZ.
Again, the values will be provided as you complete the Adventure Lab.
Please only search for the cache during daylight hours.
Thanks for completing my Adventure Lab and seeking this cache.
Happy Trails!
