Iroquois County BFE Cache #1 Traditional Cache
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Iroquois County BFE Cache #1
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This is a regular rubbermaid container containing a variety of goodies
Welcome to scenic Iroquois county. You are going to a little bit of river scenery that puctuates an otherwise significant stretch of rolling farmland. The Iroquois river flows through this section of the state on its way to meet up with the Kankakee River.
I grew up in this area and and as a teen ambled along the scenic River road out here enjoying an illicit "beverage" in my rusty old '65 Chrysler Newport. The term BFE is a polite abbreviation that refers to what one typically says when they come through this county.."What the heck, are we in BFE?"
Iroquois County is the only county in the United States having the name “Iroquois,” a name originally applied to a confederation of tribes of North American Indians.
According to tradition, a band of Iroquois Indians was once surprised and defeated upon the banks of the river now known as the Iroquois, by a war party of Illinois Indians, hence the name of the county and the river.
Iroquois County ranks third in the state in area , being 35 miles long and 32 miles wide, and containing 1,120 square miles, only 130 square miles less than the state of Rhode Island. This county is exceeded in size only by McLean and LaSalle Counties in Illinois. Watseka, the county seat, is located a few miles east of the center of the county.
Nearby to your goal is the village of L'Erable settled in 1853 and 1854 as a french mission. The name L'Erable, is derived from the sugar maple, many of which were planted by the original settlers. In 1854 a chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist was built. The wood frame church still stands to this day. Many descendants of these Belgian and French families still remain in the area.
You are looking for a shoebox size container along the river route.
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(Decrypt)
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