This Cache is placed as part of the New York State Park Saratoga/Capital District Regional Geocache Challenge. There are 62 geocaches hidden within 18 state parks and historic sites in this parks region, and geocachers finding 40 or more will be eligible to enter their names in a drawing for valuable prizes. The first 75 people to find 40 or more caches will receive a special geocache challenge coin. If you are interested in trying the challenge, you can pick up a geocache passport at any of the participating parks and sites or download it at www.nysparks.com
This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache. Use this stamp to mark your passport. This stamp is NOT a trade item. Some of the items in the cache are park souvenirs and do not need to be replaced with a trade item.
John Brown loved the Adirondack Mountains. On a clear warm day he would put a chair up on the rock in what is now the grave yard and look out at the high peaks. The night before his execution he asked his wife to bring his body back to North Elba and lay it to rest.