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Welcome to the "Gate City" Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 8/13/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


In 1870, with the completion of a 7.6 mile long canal that stretched from Keokuk north to Nashville, IA, the river boats were now able to navigate the Mississippi River a lot more easily. The canal was made up of a series of 3 locks. As the river boats traveled north on the river, they know that they had Iowa when they saw this canal. With the number of lock gates that a river pilot had to navigate through, Keokuk became known as the "Gate City", meaning the entrance to Iowa.
This cache is located in Gateway Park

This is a typical letterbox. Please leave stamp in cache.
----------------------------- NOTE -------------------------
For Hike-N-Seek 2010 please use the stamp as your code word.

Permission for the placement of this cache was granted by the Keokuk City Council.
The city parks close at 11:00 pm.

This cache was placed for the HNS 2010 event.

Additional Hints (No hints available.)