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Kansas 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!

 


 

Kansas: Speed

N 41° 48.948' W 89° 16.637'

The community of Speed was known as Big Bend for years, before it was renamed in 1894 to avoid confusion with other similarly named cities. Reportedly, it was renamed after President Abraham Lincoln’s Attorney General James Speed. Other theories, however, suggest that its name came from local businessmen who insisted the town was making rapid and desirable progress. Regardless of its origins, Speed’s name came in handy in 2008, when it was chosen as one of only six U.S. stops on the Hot Wheels 40th anniversary celebration tour, which brought more than 10,000 people to the tiny town of just under 40 residents.

 

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