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This Cache is placed as part of the 2021 Taconic Region Geocaching Challenge. Please see MN1 for details about the challenge. This is a bonus cache. There is no stamp in this container. It is hidden for your enjoyment.
Pirate ships traveled the Hudson for years. The most prominent group was the Charlton Street Gang, which peaked in 1869 under the leadership of folklore villain Sadie “the Goat” Farrell. According to legend, days after Sadie became the group’s leader, they successfully hijacked their own boat, raised a Jolly Roger flag, and began a summer of pillaging villages and farm houses up and down the Hudson, traveling as far as Poughkeepsie and even Albany. Sadie ‘The Goat’ led robberies of several area mansions and orchestrated a number of kidnappings, holding men, women, and children for ransom. She is even reported to have forced several male captives to “walk the plank.” The Charlton Street Gang had a very profitable summer, stashing booty along the banks of the Hudson to slowly and inconspicuously fence at later dates. (source: Hudson Valley Magazine)
About this cache: Perhaps you will be able to find some of the booty that was stashed along the Hudson. You are looking for a medium-sized L’n’L.