Andrew C. Cook House Traditional Geocache

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letsgohiking: This one's had a good run, but seems to have gone missing. So ends the historical marker series!

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Hidden : 8/2/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is the second cache in my historical marker series for Lake County, IL (see GCPTCV). It's a micro container hidden in a park.

Welcome to a local history lesson. Please take a minute to read the marker when you visit this cache. This is Illinois State Historical Society's Historical Marker "Andrew C. Cook House."

The Illinois State Historical Society has a nice website: (visit link)

Some info on the area:
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The marker has disappeared since this cache went live. It used to say: "In 1840, Andrew C. Cook and his wife Mary Oakes came to Wauconda Township from Vermont via the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes to Chicago and then to Wauconda. They purchased 380 acres of land at $1.25 per acre. A log cabin was erected before clearing the land. Early in 1850 he began construction on this rural Greek Revival style farmhouse, making the bricks from the clay and limestone of the nearby area. The house was built in three stages. As seen by the three colors of brick fired at different temperatures and times in his kiln. He was a Stalwart Republican in Lake County politics, holding many offices including township supervisor. The first township meeting was held in this house."

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