NOTE: There is a School Speed Zone of 20 mph along 24th Avenue with a camera. When the lights are flashing, keep your speed at 20 mph or risk getting a ticket.
CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
WELCOME TO THE EDGEWOOD GEOART SERIES
This series is not about the hides. It is about puzzles and places. All cache hides will be a DNA tube stuck in a hole (think Stop, Speed Limit, Dead End and the like). As you finish the puzzles and find the containers, make sure to note the character that is associated with each number. In the end you should have 10 characters that make up a phrase that is related to the town of Edgewood. This will be the code word for the FINAL for the series.
Edgewood, informally known as North Hill, was first created by homesteaders who had settled in the area beginning in the 1860s. Early settlers were a melting pot of European immigrants and migrants from the East coast. Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Scottish, German, Italian and Canadian families came looking for a better life, living on their own land and a place to farm. The Seattle-Tacoma Interurban Railway began service in 1902 and brought great growth to the area. As a result of this growth, the residents of the area voted 1,898 to 1,691 to incorporate. As of 2021, the population has grown to 12,665.
City of Edgewood Sign
Meridian Ave and 36th Ave E, WA 98372 (N47 13.500 W122 17.627)
A welcome sign as a visitor enters the town from the South as they come up the hill from Puyallup. It is located at the corner of Edgewood Community Park that formally opened in March of 2022.
Sources:
Edgewood -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org – History Link.org: Edgewood – Thumbnail History