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 Beltrami County History Puzzle Trail Posted by:  MAGEpirate
N 47° 28.226 W 094° 52.738
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This is a special Waymarking Tour featuring ten stops at historical sites in Beltrami County, Minnesota. It is also a puzzle trail! Waymarked stops on this Puzzle Trail are notable for being listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM3P5D
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2008
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Welcome to the Beltrami County Waymark Tour and History Puzzle Trail! This is an adventurous trek for the whole family. You will journey to ten points of historical interest in Beltrami County, all of which are registered on the National Register of Historic Places.
At each location, you will be asked to collect a clue , answer a question, or solve a math or number problem. You will end up with a one-letter or one- number clue at each stop, and at the last stop at the end of the puzzle trail, you will find a key for solving the final history puzzle. (The last stop is located at the Beltrami History Center's Depot Museum.) Once your final is solved, show the answer to the museum receptionist, and claim your prize!
While supplies last, puzzle-solvers will receive a gold-toned medallion with a design featuring an image from Beltrami County or American History. And the very first puzzle-trail solvers will receive a very special “First-To-Find” Prize!
In addition to receiving a Puzzle Trail prize, Waymarkers can receive Waymarking credit for this tour by following the Waymark guidlines for submitting photos to this site. Please show yourself visiting at least one of the stops along the tour, but try not to show any visual cues that answer puzzle questions!
For those who would like to have clues in hand while doing this Waymark Tour, borchures will be available at the Bemidji Tourist Information Center, The Beltrami Hisotry Center Depot Musuem, Lake Bemidji State Park, and other public locations in the Bemidji area.
For those who do not have GPS units or who are not yet geocachers or waymarkers, this puzzle trail can also be solved using maps and standard street addresses. Good luck!
BELTRAMI COUNTY PUZZLE TRAIL
STOP ONE: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
GPS : N 47° 28.226, W 094 ° 52.738
Located at 3rd Street and Bemidji Ave., by the Tourist Information Center at the Lake Bemidji Waterfront in downtown Bemidji.
Clue: These are historic statues of the famous lumberjack and his pal, which were constructed in 1937. There are 5 plaques at the base of the statues. What is the first letter of the name that is listed on the southwestern-most plaque?
STOP TWO: Bemidji Community Art Center
GPS : N 47° 28.362, W 094 ° 52.768
Located at 426 Bemidji Ave. in Bemdiji
Clue: This building was Bemidji’s first library, built in 1908with a donation from a famous philanthropist . The building was named for this man, whose name is engraved on the front of the building. How many words are engraved on the front of the building, and how many letters are in the donor’s last name? Take the number of those letters, minus the number of the total engraved words. Clue answer is:
(# of letters in donors last name)
- (number of engraved words)
= answer for Stop Two
STOP THREE: Park House
GPS : N 47° 28.987, W 094 ° 52.544
Located at 1501 Birchmont Drive in Bemdiji
Clue: This famous house exemplifies the “Moderne” architecture of the Art-Deco period, and was built in 1936. There is a plaque at the base of the tree on the main front walk way, which compares the BSU alumni to a certain kind of tree. What type is tree is it? Your clue at this stop is the 4th letter of this tree’s name:
STOP FOUR: CCC Shelter on the beach at
Lake Bemidji State Park
GPS : N 47° 32.027, W 094 ° 49.590
Located at 3401 State Park Road NE in Bemidji
Clue: This is one of two recreational structures built for the park during the Great Depression. An information plaque on the beach side of the shelter tells the year in which it was finished. Take the four numbers of that year and add them together
___+ ___+___+___ = ___
then divide that number by 2 to get the number clue for this stop
STOP FIVE: Rabideau CCC Camp
GPS : N 47° 38.448, W 094 ° 33.014
Located in the Chippewa National Forest northeast of Bemidji, off Co. Hwy 39, near Benjamin Lake in Taylor Township
Clue: This is one of two surviving historic camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps, established in 1935. Near the main parking lot is the trailhead for guided tours of the camp. There is also an information sign which features a portrait of an important historical figure from that time. What is the first letter of that man’s name?
STOP SIX: Saum School
GPS : N 47° 58.577, W 094 ° 40.563
Located north of Quiring and west of Kelliher, in the hamlet of Saum , on Co. Hwy 23
Clue: This site features a one room historic schoolhouse built in 1903, next to Minnesota’s first consolidated school built in 1912. Adjacent to the school buildings sits a fanciful new log outhouse with Scandanavian names on the doors What is the last letter of the word for the girls side of the outhouse?
STOP SEVEN: Buena Vista Historical Site
GPS : N 47° 39.354, W 094 ° 53.169
Located near the Buena Vista Ski area on the west side of Co. Hwy 15 (Irvine Ave) ,12 miles north of Bemidji
Clue: This is the site of an old logging town established in the late 1800’s. You will also see a monument sign to Count Beltrami, who explored this area in the early 1800’s. The sign denotes the elevation here, which is at __ __ __ __ feet above sea level. Your answer is the first two numbers of this elevation
STOP EIGHT: Beltrami County Court House
GPS : N 47° 28.439, W 094 ° 52.896
Located at 619 Beltrami Ave. in Bemidji
Clue: The original courthouse building was constructed in 1902, and exemplifies typical “Beaux Arts” style architecture. In the gardens on the southeast side of the courthouse, there are a number of RED park benches. How many red benches are there?
STOP NINE: Nymore Bridge
GPS : N 47° 28.006, W 094 ° 52.674
Located behind and to the southwest of the
Pamida store, 200 Paul Bunyan Dr in Bemidji
Clue: This is a unique historic bridge built over the Mississippi River in 1917. It is a reinforced concrete bridge built in typical barrel-vault style. How many arches support this bridge?
STOP TEN: Great Northern Depot
GPS : N 47° 28.064, W 094 ° 52.945
Located at 130 Minnesota Ave. in Bemidji
Clue: This was the last of the train depots built by James J. Hill for the Great Northern Railroad. How many sets of doors are at the entrance? This is your answer for the last stop.
Now go inside the lobby of the depot for a “key” to decipher your clues. What is spelled out when you de-code all your answers from your stops on the history trail? If you solved the puzzle correctly, you should come up with the right answer! Check with the receptionist to be sure, and then claim your prize!
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Note: In order to solve the puzzle and claim your prize, you must visit the Depot Museum (which is the last stop) during business hours, which are Monday through Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Recommended Time for this WayTour: From: 9:00 AM To: 4:00 PM
Stop Coordinates:
STOP 1: N 47° 28.226, W 094 ° 52.738
STOP 2: N 47° 28.362, W 094 ° 52.768
STOP 3: N 47° 28.987, W 094 ° 52.544
STOP 4: N 47° 32.027, W 094 ° 49.590
STOP 5: N 47° 38.448, W 094 ° 33.014
STOP 6: N 47° 58.577, W 094 ° 40.563
STOP 7: N 47° 39.354, W 094 ° 53.169
STOP 8: N 47° 28.439, W 094 ° 52.896
STOP 9: N 47° 28.006, W 094 ° 52.674
STOP 10: N 47° 28.064, W 094 ° 52.945
Are you a fan of Geo-caching?
Each stop on our history puzzle trail has one or two recommended geocaches close by which are also fun and interesting to search and find! For more information, go to
www.geocaching.com
And request the clues
for the following geocaches:
GC13DW2—”Paul’s Pocket”
GC110K9—”People’s Choice”
GC1HNKY—”Library Park”
GC1QC7A—”Stone Staircase”
GC1PMGF—”Ralph Gracie”
GC1272A—”Muggle Proof”
GC1Q4ZE—”Diamond Hollow”
GC12RND—”LBSP Overlook”
GC1P4V3—LBSP Wildlife Safari”
GCQKA8—”History Can Be Fun”
GC17M90—”SaumWhere Up There”
GC1BD9H—”Buena Vista Town Site”
GC168V6—”MPH”
GC1C808— “Leporis Multi-Cache”
GC16YZR—”Where The…?”
GC13MNR—”Fishy Fishy Fish”
GC1PMF6—”First City”
GC1PGX9—”See you at the Depot”
Happy Geo-Caching!
Starting Address for this WayTour:
Bemidji Tourist Information Plaza
300 Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601
Bemidji, MN USA
56601
Number of Stops: 10
Website of stops: [Web Link]
Stop Website: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
You must include an original photo showing one of the stops along the tour route.
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