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Time Travels LbNA #39114 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Apr 18, 2008
Location:
City:Green Bay
County:Brown
State:Wisconsin
Boxes:1
Planted by:gotta run
Found by: TJ_Mich
Last found:Aug 4, 2013
Status:FFFFFF
Last edited:Apr 18, 2008
This is a puzzle letterbox.


Step 1.



The first step of finding this letterbox is to identify the following two buildings:



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Building 1: In 1925, Joseph and Odile LeMieux built a chapel along a limestone ridge behind their house. At the time, small wayside chapels dotted the region, a convenience for daily devotion by travelers and rural families. This chapel would be different, though. Joseph was a retired stonemason who had helped build grand
Great Lakes lighthouses, and her brother Fabian LaPlant was a skilled carpenter. The two men took limestone from the ridge to construct a building approximately 12 by 18 feet in size, with eight exterior windows, a vaulted ceiling with exposed wooden beams, and room inside for a simple altar, the stations of the cross and seating for about ten. Completed in 1925, the chapel was said to be Odile’s pride and joy. The chapel remains open to all visitors to enjoy its history and solitude.



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Building 2: This house is the oldest frame structure in the State of Wisconsin. It was built in 1776 by fur-trader Joseph Roi, one of the first seven settlers of La Baye (Green Bay). It was sold in 1805 to Jacques Porlier, another French-Canadian fur-trader. In 1850 Niels Otto Tank, a wealthy Norwegian missionary, obtained the house when he purchased several hundred acres of land, hoping to
establish a Moravian colony for Norwegian immigrants, Tank died in 1864 and his wife lived in the cottage until her death in 1891, devoting her life and fortune to missionary work. In 1908 the house was moved from its original site on the Fox River to a new location. It was relocated again in 1975 to its current location.


Step 2.

Once you have learned what these buildings are, you need to gather two pieces of information:

1. Determine the location of the first building. We encourage you to visit this hidden treasure, where the public is welcome. Record the location of this building as exactly as possible--on a map, using a GPS, whatever works for you. This will be the "Chapel Location."

2. As mentioned, building two was moved from its original location to a second location, a park, in 1908. The building is no longer at that park, but at the park you will find a gazebo. Determine and mark the location of this gazebo, which will be called the “Gazebo Location.”

Step 3:

The letterbox is located on an azimuth of 239.3 degrees
from the Chapel Location. It is also on an azimuth of 181.54
degrees from the Gazebo Location. If you find the single
point where these two azimuth lines intersect, you will find the location of the letterbox.


Finding the Lettebox:

As you can tell, there might be a little variation in the intersection point you calculate based on the method you use. Therefore, the letterbox is located in a spot where it should be clear that you are in the right general area. There is a good, logical, "public" way to get to the box. When you get to the general area where the box is located, you will find a large culvert. 30 feet due east of that culvert you will find a black wooden post. It may be difficult to see the post depending upon the time of year and foliage, and you may have to do a bit of bushwhacking to get to it. The letterbox is in the post.

The Letterbox and Stamp:

The letterbox is a small, camoed tupperware container. The stamp is from a vintage schoolhouse stamp set. You will need to bring an ink pad with you.

If you believe you have the right information and solution method but can't find the letterbox, drop us an email through letterboxing or AtlasQuest with details of what
you have done and we will be glad to help out.