Historic Caches of Lapeer County Challenge: In an effort to build cacher awareness of the historic caches in Lapeer County, Michigan, this challenge has been issued.
The cache container for this challenge is located at the given coordinates. In order to claim a find on this challenge, you must find and log five of the current seven oldest existing caches in Lapeer County.
Once the five caches have been found and logged, you may find and log this cache. You may either prove you have met the challenge by posting your finds to a public bookmark (best way) or you may list your finds in the body of your log on this cache. Either way, be sure to give the waypoint, cache name, and date found. Prior finds do count.
The seven current oldest existing caches in Lapeer County are:
GCA672 Have a Drink on Me (Visit)
GCJHY7 Prairies and Ponds at Oakwood (Visit)
GCNABY Nubs Nook (Visit)
GCQB9Y Cedar Creek Cache #1 (Visit)
GCQFDX Sutherland Nature Sanctuary (Visit)
GCT4CH Travel Bug Hotel (Visit)
GCTY5G Sutherland Leaner (Visit)
8/24/2011: GCT4CH Travel Bug Hotel has been archived. I will still accept finds on the Travel Bug Hotel to count towards this challenge. I will also accept finds on the next oldest cache in Lapeer County which is:
GCVCCK Sutherland Rocker (Visit)
5/14/2012: GCJHY7 Prairies and Ponds at Oakwood has been archived. I will still accept finds on Prairies and Ponds at Oakwood to count towards this challenge. I will also accept finds on the next oldest cache in Lapeer County which is:
GCVM2N Hole in One (Visit)
12/27/2017: GCVM2N Hole in One has been archived. I will still accept finds on Hole in One to count towards this challenge. I will also accept finds on the next oldest cache in Lapeer County which is:
GCZ1A9 Look for the "Big Yellow Rock" [TB-Hotel] (Visit)
This cache is hidden with permission in General Squier Memorial Park.
Major General George Owen Squier, 1865-1934, built a park on his Dryden estate after World War I. His "Country Club for Country People" was donated to the County of Lapeer after his death.
In 1977, General Squier Memorial Park was named a Michigan Historic Site. With the support of the Michigan Secretary of State's History Division and the Lapeer County Board of Commissioners, the park's buildings were renovated and many improvements were made.
In 1985 the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 80 acre park is administered by the Lapeer County Parks Department.
The container is a half gallon sized plastic jar. It is hidden close to a marked trail. Please rehide as well as you found it.