Buffalo Rock is said to have served the French as an early military, trading and missionary post. LaSalle and Tonti, after building Fort St. Louis on Starved Rock during the winter of 1882-1883 gathered almost 4,000 Indian warriors at the front of Buffalo Rock and formed a confederation against the Iroquois. Among the tribes in the confederation were the Miami who built their own fort on Buffalo Rock.
The coordinates will take you to a sign which you must investigate in order to find your quarry. First, determine how many animals are present here (A). Then determine how many acres (B) can feed one animal for how many days (C,D,E). Then get the numbers for the minimum (F,G,H) and maximum weights (I,J,K) of a female. Now, subtract (F + J) x 10 from your original North coordinates. Next subtract .JEA from your West coordinates. Proceed to the new waypoint and take in the beauty of the location. Project your next waypoint GCB feet and CC degrees. At this point you need to use your geo-senses to find the third stage which holds the final coordinates.
The Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway stretches 291 miles along the east and west sides of the Illinois River from Ottawa to Havana, and is notable for its natural and historic qualities. The route was designated a National Scenic Byway in 2005 – one in 150 of America’s Byways® throughout the U.S. Its six gateway communities include Ottawa, Princeton, Peoria, Pekin, Canton, and Havana with several other portal communities along the byway.
This cache is one of 15 placed in the Ottawa Gateway for the Illinois River Road series. The series has a total of 90 geocaches. Collect 10 of the 15 four-digit cache codes from each gateway to be eligible for a specially designed Illinois River Road coin (one unique coin for each gateway community). Please visit www.illinoisriverroad.org/geocaching for more details on this series of caches.
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1. Geocache is placed on Department managed property with permission.
2. Do not place the following items in the Geocache: Food items,inappropriate,offensive, or hazardous materials.
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