Buckeye State LbNA #70105
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | May 30, 2016 |
| Location: | Riverside Cemetery |
| City: | Defiance |
| County: | Defiance |
| State: | Ohio |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | a |
| Last edited: | Jun 14, 2016 |
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 50 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: green & brown
Status: alive
Ohio, the “Buckeye State”, received its nickname because of the many buckeye trees that once covered its hills and plains. But that's only partly the reason. We have to go back to the feverish presidential campaign of 1840 for the rest of it. William Henry Harrison, a Virginia-born Ohioan and military hero, was a candidate for the White House, but his opponents commented that he was better suited to sit in a log cabin and drink hard cider. Some of Harrison's leading supporters, who were experts in promotional know-how, decided to turn into a positive reference what was supposed to be a negative one. They dubbed him "the log cabin candidate," and chose as his campaign emblem a log cabin made of buckeye timbers, with a long string of buckeyes decorating its walls. Furthermore, in parades, his backers walked with buckeye canes and rolled whisky barrels. The campaign gimmicks were successful and "Old Tippecanoe," as Harrison was often called, beat President Martin Van Buren in the latter's bid for re-election, and thereafter the buckeye was closely associated with the state of Ohio. The name itself came from the Indians because the markings on the nut resembled the eye of a buck, and you can find this buckeye at Riverside Cemetery.
Directions:
From US 24 go south on Clinton Street about 3 miles and turn left into Riverside Cemetery. Park by building on right.
Clues:
Walk north to flagpole in Veterans section. Go right to first bench and look behind far side in bushes for LB about elbow length in under leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Recommended Ink: green & brown
Status: alive
Ohio, the “Buckeye State”, received its nickname because of the many buckeye trees that once covered its hills and plains. But that's only partly the reason. We have to go back to the feverish presidential campaign of 1840 for the rest of it. William Henry Harrison, a Virginia-born Ohioan and military hero, was a candidate for the White House, but his opponents commented that he was better suited to sit in a log cabin and drink hard cider. Some of Harrison's leading supporters, who were experts in promotional know-how, decided to turn into a positive reference what was supposed to be a negative one. They dubbed him "the log cabin candidate," and chose as his campaign emblem a log cabin made of buckeye timbers, with a long string of buckeyes decorating its walls. Furthermore, in parades, his backers walked with buckeye canes and rolled whisky barrels. The campaign gimmicks were successful and "Old Tippecanoe," as Harrison was often called, beat President Martin Van Buren in the latter's bid for re-election, and thereafter the buckeye was closely associated with the state of Ohio. The name itself came from the Indians because the markings on the nut resembled the eye of a buck, and you can find this buckeye at Riverside Cemetery.
Directions:
From US 24 go south on Clinton Street about 3 miles and turn left into Riverside Cemetery. Park by building on right.
Clues:
Walk north to flagpole in Veterans section. Go right to first bench and look behind far side in bushes for LB about elbow length in under leaves.
Hike length: 0.1 miles