Goose Island Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Sapience Trek: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 5/11/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is hidden in Mill Dam Park in Freeville, NY. A short but interesting hike will bring you to it. The area can be muddy in spring, and is buggy in summer. Some areas of the island have many unpleasant prickly briar bushes, but you can reach the cache without struggling through these.

The cache is in a medium sized plastic food container. It started out filled with assorted miniature birds, nests, eggs, clay pots, polished rocks, etc. The area is a popular site for nesting geese in the summer. They will let you know if you get near a nest.
Images of the Freeville Mill
~ Photos/info courtesy Freeville Historian ~

Mill Dam Park is located on Fall Creek at the site of an old water powered gristmill. The mill was built in 1833 and remained in operation until about 1930. Freeville was a busy railroad hub during that era; grains were carried to the mill and products back out to market by rail. At its peak, pancake flour from the mill was sold throughout the country. In the years after WW I, competition from large mills in the West led to the slow decline and eventual failure of the mill. It fell into disrepair, and was demolished in 1941 when the Village of Freeville acquired the property as the site for Mill Dam Park. The base of the old slash board dam remains today, as do remnants of the sluice and millrace.

Additional Hints ()

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Decryption Key

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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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