Stone Foundation - Oquaga Creek State Park, Bainbridge, NY
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ripraff
N 42° 10.557 W 075° 25.887
18T E 464366 N 4669402
There is an annual State Park Geo-challenge in the Central Region. The caches are moved each year. This year, 2020, one of the caches leads to this foundation ruin.
Waymark Code: WM12JXT
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2020
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Oquaga Creek State Park (
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The cache "OQ1 - Lovely Creekside Spot" is accessed from roadside parking. It is outside what would normally be considered the park with lake, trails, camping. It is by a small creek in the woods. The cache is adjacent to the foundation, but not in the walls.
This area was settled after the American Revolution, land was given to the soldiers as pay. Before that it was Indian land by treaty with Britain. Many moved on to the mid-west which had better soil and farming conditions. The abandoned land was bought up mostly during the Depression. Parks and State Forests are on this abandoned land. There is an old apple orchard nearby.