I have fancied putting togehter a geo art for a while now & being as the old series is a bit tired, had a chat with USAndy to do this re-run. This is a one of a series of 50 puzzle caches that will take you around the town of Thornbury. All puzzles are so easy to solve we have made the D rating a 1 on most, as the hides are easy to find as well.
All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.
To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.
The whole walk in one go will be no less than 12 miles, depending on other caches you can grab on the way round. There is a bonus cache as before.
Please see number 1 USA Mega series re-run #1; Alabama for car parking, if you need it.
MASSACHUSETTS
- Origin of name: From the Massachusett Indian tribe meaning “a large hill place”
- Capital: Boston
- Largest city: Boston
- Population: 6,692,824 (2013 est) Ranked 14th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Bay state
- Highest point: Mount Graylock, 3,492 ft
- Admission to union: February 6th, 1788 (6th)
- State motto: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.
- State song: Hail Massachusetts
- State tree: American elm
- State flower: Mayflower
- State bird: Chickadee
- Area: 10,555 sq mi. Ranked 44th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
2) Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush.
3) Glaciers formed the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard during the ice age.
4) The first Thanksgiving Day was celebrated in Plymouth in 1621.
5) Harvard was the first college established in North America. Harvard was founded in 1636. Because of Harvard's size there is no universal mailing address that will work for every office at the University.
To solve this one name the state Tree.
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