The Key to Geocaching is... Founders Key

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Lake of the Oaks

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Current Goal

Retrace the journey of George Aldrich, who came from Derbyshire England in 1631 and settled in Dorchester/Braintree/Mendon MA.  George was one of the founder’s of Mendon.  Help the Founder’s Key get to Derbyshire England, where he came from.  Then help it make the return journey George made nearly 400 years ago by traveling back to Dorchester/Braintree/Mendon. Once this journey is complete, it should travel the U.S.A. with/in search of his ancestors.

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    Tracking History (15479.2mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 7/4/2025 patbarb placed it in Lake of the Oaks Minnesota - 1,347.98 miles  Visit Log

    Decided the trackable had stayed with us long enough dropped in a big enough cache for somebody else to grab and move on.
    Visited 5/26/2025 patbarb took it to Take a Break(water)! British Columbia, Canada - 1,026.64 miles  Visit Log

    Took a trip to the small lighthouse while docked in Victoria BC- welcome to Canada

    Visited 5/25/2025 patbarb took it to Glacier Experience Alaska - 256.09 miles  Visit Log

    We were on the Holland America cruise line and had to visit Hubbard glacier. Glad the key got to go with us.
    Visited 5/25/2025 patbarb took it to Centurion Guards Alaska - 843.72 miles  Visit Log

    Brought the founders key with us as we found the oldest Alaskan cache. It yelled “hey bear” with us as we traveled the woods to find it.

    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/16/2025 patbarb retrieved it from Geocaching Headquarters Washington   Visit Log

    Grabbed from geocaching headquarters on the 16th to have it travel with us to Alaska and then we will bring home to Minnesota. Had internet issues so will drop now that I have better service

    Dropped Off 5/12/2025 korysan placed it in Geocaching Headquarters Washington - 1,641.2 miles  Visit Log

    Dropped at Geocaching HQ
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/24/2025 korysan retrieved it from Welcome to Texas travelbug hotel Texas   Visit Log

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    Dropped Off 4/22/2025 crapshooter placed it in Welcome to Texas travelbug hotel Texas - 52.23 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/18/2025 crapshooter took it to More Darn Cedar Trees Texas - 5.8 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/14/2025 crapshooter took it to Just Another LPC Texas - 5.15 miles  Visit Log
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