| Suggest starting at these coords: N 34° 07.938 W 118° 33.168 |
| Look to the North for a lonely tree on a knoll several hundred feet away. From there continue to follow the foot trail further into the canyon. You will pass two small concrete ditches. Continue to where the foot trail ends. You should see what appears to an excess of concrete dumped down the hillside. No, do not go down there! You crazy head! But go ahead and take a peak and you will see the Cabellero Canyon Trail way down there where some more of my quarter caches are. |
| Anyway, you are near the cache. While standing and looking down into the canyon do a casual 360 Degree view of where you are, and look at the hint. |
| Now for the history lesson: |
New Hampshire
| The New Hampshire quarter, the ninth coin released under the 50 State Quarters® Program, honors one of the state's most unique natural attractions, "The Old Man of the Mountain." The state motto, "Live free or die," and nine stars, signifying the fact that New Hampshire was the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, complete the design. |
| "The Old Man of the Mountain" was a distinctive rock formation on Mt. Cannon in the Franconia Notch gateway to northern New Hampshire. From the right view, this unique rock formation -- comprised of five layers of Conway red granite -- depicted the distinct profile of an elderly man gazing eastward. Geographers believe that the layers of granite were formed by the melting and slipping away action of an ice sheet that covered the Franconia Mountains at the end of the glacial period 2,000 to 10,000 years ago. Until it crumbled in early 2003, the formation measured over 40 feet high with a lateral distance of 25 feet. |
| The "formation" of the New Hampshire quarter design began when New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen established a Commemorative Quarter Committee with representatives from the Department of Cultural Affairs, Arts Educators, Numismatics, Historical Societies, the Senate and House and New Hampshire citizens. The Committee held a competition to all New Hampshire residents to submit design concepts for the New Hampshire quarter. They even created a website to broadcast the selection process and other information about the program. |
| The final design concept selection honoring "The Old Man of the Mountain" was then forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury who gave final approval. |
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