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.
MISSISSIPPI
- Origin of name: From an Indian word meaning “Father of waters”
- Capital: Jackson
- Largest city: Jackson
- Population: 2,984,926 (2012 est) Ranked 31st in the US.
- Nicknames: The Magnolia state; The Hospitality state
- Highest point: Woodall mountain 806 ft
- Admission to union: December 10th, 1817 (20th)
- State motto: By valour and arms
- State song: Go Mis-sis-sip-pi
- State tree: Magnolia
- State flower: Magnolia
- State bird: Mockingbird
- Area: 48,430 sq mi. Ranked 32nd in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River.
2) The Mississippi River is the largest in the United States and is the nation's chief waterway. Its nickname is Old Man River.
3) In 1884 the concept of selling shoes in boxes in pairs (right foot and left foot) occurred in Vicksburg at Phil Gilbert's Shoe Parlour on Washington Street.
4) Greenwood is the home of Cotton Row, which is the second largest cotton exchange in the nation and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
5) Root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, Sr.
To solve this one name the state Bird.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.