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Illinois Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/25/2023
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is not at posted coordinates

 

This is one state that is part of the U.S.A. geoart.  Each state features an unusual but real name of a town in the state. Please consider giving a favorite point(s) to the one(s) you like the best!

 


 

Illinois: Sandwich

N 41° 49.581' W 89° 16.237'

When it was founded in 1855, this DeKalb County city was known as Almon, after Almon Cage, the original landowner. It was later renamed to Newark Station, which caused confusion with the nearby village of Newark. State politician "Long John" Wentworth, who had lobbied to establish a railroad stop in the city, was given the opportunity to come up with a new, and hopefully lasting, name. He chose Sandwich, after his hometown in New Hampshire (named after John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, said to be the inventor of the sandwich). After providing the appetizing name, Wentworth would go on to serve two terms as the mayor of Chicago.

 

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