The Pine Tree State GeoArt series will take you on a short trip not far from Stratton. The road is passable by most cars, but bikes and e-bikes are fine too. There is also about a mile or so of walking. Each cache will highlight something interesting about Maine.
Maine’s POW camps
The Spencer Lake camp was built to accommodate 250 prisoners, though it later had to handle 310 men. Schoolchildren from Forest Hills School 8th Grade Class of 2007 for their service learning project in nearby Jackman have placed a plaque marking the spot near an apparent cooking structure.
The Houlton camp, in the midst of potato country in Aroostook County, “farmed out” young men to work for potato growers, including one on the Golden Ridge Road in the town of Sherman. Fred Corliss and his wife Ella had POWs work in their potato fields under guard from US soldiers. This farm was located on Golden Ridge in Sherman Mills at the end of the so-called Prairie Road. At the time, church and parsonage buildings existed on the Prairie Road side of Golden Ridge and the parsonage which was not occupied was used as a type of barracks or housing for the POWs.
Source: https://maineanencyclopedia.com/prisoners-of-war-in-maine/
If Maine had POW camps, the cache is at: N 45° 11.243′ W 70° 21.400′
If Maine never had POW camps, the cache is at: N 45° 11.262′ W 70° 21.462′