Blackhawk Battlefield Monument Multi-cache

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Reviewer Smith: As I have not heard from the cache owner within the requested time frame, the cache is being archived.

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Hidden : 6/10/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a slight deviation from our small town series, but this one can be found on your way between our caches. This time you'll get a quick history lesson at the Blackhawk Battlefield Monument.

The coordinates provided will lead you to a marker that contains some information about the area. On this marker, you will find the answers to the following two questions:
1. In what year was Kellogg's Trail completed?
2. In what year did Kellogg's Grove become listed in the National Register of Historic Places?

These answers will lead you to the final resting place of this cache.

For the North coordinate the following applies:
If the answer to question #1 is:
1805 then use 42 17.844
1825 then use 42 17.784
1845 then use 42 17.740
1865 then use 42.17.692

For the West coordinate the following applies:
If the answer to question #2 is:
1948 then use 089 52.777
1958 then use 089 52.822
1968 then use 089 52.905
1978 then use 089 52.954

These new coordinates will lead you to a small camo-wrapped container containing a log-book and a special hand-made FTF prize.

There is another Letterbox package poorly hidden in this same area, so please do not think that you've found the cache when you see this obvious package.

PLEASE NOTE: A TERRACACHE IS ALSO PLACED VERY NEAR THIS LOCATION. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TWO INCH DIAMETER CAMO WRAPPED PILL BOTTLE CONTAINING A "GEOCACHING" LOG BOOK.

I've lived in this area for 21 years and I never knew this was here.An interesting piece of history...take some time to look around the area while your here.

A little history lesson for those who are interested:
As the war chief of the band, it is hardly surprising that Black Hawk himself led attacks on two white forts in northwestern Illinois, nearly a hundred miles from his main encampment at Lake Koshkonong. On June 24, Black Hawk and roughly two hundred Sauk and Fox warriors attacked a small stockade on the Apple River near modern Elizabeth, Illinois. After besieging the fort for much of the afternoon, Black Hawk sent the warriors to gather badly needed foodstuffs, horses, livestock, and other supplies from the nearby settlers' cabins and farms. The next day, they reached the small fort at Kellogg's Grove, where a Kickapoo war party and Capt. Snyder's militia company had fought nine days earlier. Black Hawk's warriors tried to ambush a group of soldiers as they left the fort, but instead found themselves pursued by a militia force under Major John Dement. A series of clashes ensued in which the militia fought bravely. At least nine of Black Hawk's warriors died in the fighting, including two of the leaders of the band.

Taken from "The Blackhawk War of 1832" By James Lewis, Ph.D.

A big thanks to Lucy92979 and Tishman for this picture.
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