Regions of Germany Geocoin Border’s „Discover the Heritage“ – Coin 07

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Released:
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Origin:
Germany
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This coin from the Swabian Alb in SW-Germany would will be an ambassador from Germany to American people with German roots. Please bring this coin to the staff of the Ben Schroeder Saddle Tree Company (America’s last saddle tree company), Madison, Indiana. Take photos during the journey. After reaching the aim the coin will get a new mission.

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America's last 19th century saddle tree factory stands suspended in time in Madison, Indiana. Here, for 94 years, workers at the Ben Schroeder Saddle Tree Company crafted tens of thousands of "wooden skeletons" for saddle makers in the United States, South America and Cuba.
As cars, trucks, and tractors started putting horses out to pasture, the Schroeder family began making stirrups, hames, pack saddle frames, and cart-trees, natural extensions of the saddle tree trade. Non-related items produced, such as clothespins, porch swings, and work gloves, illustrate the adaptability of the company.
The factory, closed in 1972, remains intact with sawdust piled under rare and unique vintage woodworking machinery. When restored, the Schroeder complex will re-open as a museum, the only one in the nation preserving the craft of the saddle tree maker.
This exhibit showcases a small sampling of the thousands of items discovered in the Schroeder factory, now owned by Historic Madison Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit historic preservation organization, in Madison, Indiana.

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Retrieve It from a Cache 5/9/2008 pirate_matt retrieved it from Bridge 169 North West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

i will move this on asap!
Dropped Off 5/8/2008 VMG placed it in Bridge 169 North West England, United Kingdom - 49.32 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/6/2008 VMG retrieved it from Grykey Charlie North West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Found in Hidden behind (GCT7E9) rather than than Grykey Charlie. But as there's only about 400 metres between them, it doesn't make a huge difference, especially as we'd visited the other one first.
Dropped Off 5/4/2008 gilfam placed it in Grykey Charlie North West England, United Kingdom - 23 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 3/22/2008 fogmisty discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered with Gilfam at "Langstrothdale Chase"
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/22/2008 gilfam retrieved it from Langstrothdale Chase Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

iteresting place will help it along
Dropped Off 2/16/2008 Pippy P Poopypants placed it in Langstrothdale Chase Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 28.82 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/11/2008 Pippy P Poopypants retrieved it from Somewhere Else Yorkshire, United Kingdom   Visit Log

Swapped with Slovenian TBs
Dropped Off 12/9/2007 Pippy P Poopypants placed it in Somewhere Else Yorkshire, United Kingdom - 8.15 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 11/24/2007 Pippy P Poopypants grabbed it   Visit Log

somehow this handsome little coin found its way up onto Ilkley Moor. Can't do much to help it on its mission, but I'll help it continue its travels
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