This cache takes you to two areas of College Point where you will learn about the man known as Conrad Poppenhusen. At each of the two locations, you will gather some information which will help you figure out the coordinates to the final cache.

Manufacturer Conrad Poppenhusen (1818-1883) arrived to the US from Germany in 1854 and converted College Point into a virtual company town. Poppenhusen opened a large rubber factory employing hundreds of immigrant workers and native College Pointers. He also built the Flushing and North Side Railroad, now a part of the LIRR Port Washington line. Poppenhusen built water and sewage systems, a library, and the Poppenhusen Institute, which included the first free kindergarten in the United States. He is recalled by the Poppenhusen Institute, an avenue, and an 1884 bust by Henry Baehrer at Poppenhusen Triangle at College Place and 12th Avenue.

The coordinates at the first stage take you to the Poppenhusen Institute. There you will find a plaque at the front of the building. If you look closely, you will notice three separate years listed on the plaque. *Look Closely* Calculate the mean and you will come up with the year ABCD.

The coordinates at the second stage take you to the Conrad Poppenhusen statue. The gardening angel should help you figure out letter E. You can also count the letters that follow Willkommen in unserem...

The final coordinates are:

N 40°4E.EEC   W 73°D0.ABC