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Challenge LbNA #14637 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Team Taco
Plant date:Apr 23, 2005
Location:
City:???
County:Kane
State:Illinois
Boxes:1
Found by: ???
Last found:Nov 12, 2006
Status:FFFFFFFFr
Last edited:Apr 23, 2005



You will find this letterbox in a small town nestled in the giant shadow of Enrico Fermi. Feel free to contact the placers of this box for confirmation of the town’s name, but you must first figure it out!

Once you have journeyed to this town, you will find plenty of parking in the downtown area. Most convenient for those seeking the Challenge Letterbox is the small parking garage located on the corner of State and River. PLEASE NOTE: The quest portion of this letterbox can be done anytime between sunrise and sunset; however, the box itself can only be accessed on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 2 and 4 PM. Access to the box will be given to only those who can prove they completed the quest.


To begin, cross the river using the wooden sister of the bridge on Wilson Street. As you do so, take notice of the “N”’s that comprise the structure. After you reach the mid-point of the bridge, stand beneath the diagonal within the second backwards N. Set your compass for “N” and site your Challenge. Consider this landmark to be your lodestar for the duration of your quest.

Continue to the western side of the river.

Answer the following questions using information gleaned from landmarks you discover in this windy wonderland. How do you go about finding the right landmarks, you ask? That’s for you and your compass to figure out!

Remember: if you lose sight of your Challenge, you are most likely lost.

Where: Brick walk.
Challenge Bearing: 67 degrees
Question: A pier was built between what island and the east bank of the river?

11____ ____ ____ ____



Where: Brick walk.
Challenge Bearing: 15 degrees
Question: What is the name of the first solid-wheel wooden mill produced by the Challenge Windmill and Feed Company? (Don’t forget punctuation!)

1____ 2____ ____ 3____



Where: Same as above.
Question: What tail pattern was used to distinguish this windmill from the Carter windmill?

4____ 5____ 6____ 7____ ____ ____ ____


Where: Boardwalk.
Challenge Bearing: 80 degrees
Question: This object was donated by a social service rotary club; what is it? (Hint: allow gravity to guide your gaze to find the answer.)

12____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 14 ____




Where: Brick walk.
Challenge Bearing: 26 degrees
Question: From what did the company receive its power?

____ 8____ 9____ 10____ ____


Where: Sidewalk.
Challenge Bearing: 35 degrees
Question: What is the name of this colorful structure?

15____16____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 17____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ /

____ 18____ ____ 19____ 20 ____


Where: Same location as above.
Question: What is the middle initial of the man who donated this structure?

21____


Where: Third landing, in the near the general vicinity of the above.
Challenge Bearing: 15 degrees.
Question: What is the name of the first bank in the town?

22____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____



Now, using the numbers above, decipher the following:

19 10 7 7

19 20 10

6 19 19 10 14 11 6 14 19

1 8

18 10 19

19 20 10

22 20 6 7 7 10 14 15 10 3

5 17 10 14

21 2 16

9 8 4 8 19

19 20 10

11 10 12 2 19

18 16 4 10 16 18