The Holland Land Purchase Traditional Cache
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The Holland Land Purchase
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The cache is an 30 cal. ammo box.
Originally owned by the Iroquois Indians, the land of western New York State was purchased piecemeal by the white Europeans, and later, by Americans. Sadly, many of the transactions were tainted by whites engaged bad-faith dealing and the use of liquor. One purchase became known as the Holland Land Purchase. The Holland Land Company was an association of six Dutch banking firms whose interest in investing in the New World led to their purchase of 3 1/2 million acres from Robert Morris, known as the "Financier of the American Revolution." A survey of the vast acreage in Western New York was completed by 1800, and land sales at approximately $2.00 per acre began at that time. This cache takes its name from this historic purchase that ran a north-south line through the heart of Iroquois homelands, from Lake Ontario to the Pennsylvania border and then west to Lake Erie. Located on a section of the Holland Land Purchase, on NY State DEC lands not far from the survey line, it is accessible by seasonal roads owned by the DEC. In the winter, these roads are often impassable, as they are not maintained. To reach the Coyle Hill State Forest, use Hess Road just north of Interstate 86 jct of State Route 19 in Allegany County, then to Kleinbeck Road. Turn down Coyle Hill Road, then to Warner Road, both of which are DEC roads, and watch for a place to park closest to the cache. You should be about .25 miles from the cache at the road. From there you must bushwhack your way in.This area has abundant wildlife and is a favorite for hunters in the fall, so be sure to wear orange during hunting season. It is also rather wet in spots, and has been logged in the past. What you are seeing in this area today is second and third growth trees. Good luck!
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