R.B. Hayes *missing* AGAIN. LbNA #12447 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 28, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Fremont |
| County: | Sandusky |
| State: | Ohio |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | crazy4life  |
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| Found by: | Pioneer Spirit |
| Last found: | Oct 5, 2006 |
| Status: | aaaFFaaaaaa |
| Last edited: | Nov 28, 2004 |
I've had to re-place this box twice. please re-hide it well. thanks.
ifficulty: Easy
Terrain: Paved
Bring: Stamp Pad, Pen/Pencil
***PLEASE NOTE***
These boxes are located at the Rutherford B. Hayes Center and can only be found during daylight hours. PLEASE DO NOT attempt to enter the grove after dark as there are security guards patrolling the grounds. It is also a place that many people exercise, jog and walk their dogs. At times there will be events that will cause the grounds to be filled with people. I do not recommend that boxes be found during these times.
RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES
Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, was the fifth child born to Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes. He was born October 4, 1822, at Delaware, Ohio, about two months after the death of his father. His parents had come to Ohio in 1817 from Dummerston, Vermont.
Young Rutherford and sister Fanny Arabella were raised by their mother and her younger bachelor brother Sardis Birchard. He was a successful businessman in Lower Sandusky (laterFremont), Ohio. Hayes attended school in Delaware and Norwalk, Ohio, and Middletown, Connecticut. In 1842, Hayes graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, valedictorian of his class. After a year of study in a Columbus law office, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1845. He began his law practice in Lower Sandusky. Not finding many opportunities there, he left in 1849 for Cincinnati, where he became a successful lawyer. His opposition to slavery drew him into the Republican Party.
In 1852, Rutherford married Lucy Ware Webb of Chillicothe. She was the youngest daughter of Dr. James and Maria Cook Webb and a graduate of Cincinnati's Wesleyan Women's College. She was the first wife of a president to graduate from college. They became the parents of eightchildren.
When the Civil War began, Hayes offered his services to the state of Ohio. Governor William Dennison appointed him to the rank of major in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He saw much active service, rising to the rank of major general. He was severely wounded on September 14, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain. In 1864, while still in the army, he was elected to Congress (despite his refusal to campaign). Hayes did not take his seat until the Union had won the war. He was reelected in 1866. The following year Ohio voters elected him governor.
He retired at the close of his second term in 1872, and moved to Fremont in May 1873. After winning a third term in 1875, the Republican Party chose Hayes as its presidential candidate. He won the 1876 election only after the creation of a special commission to decide disputed electoral votes. Because of the tension surrounding his election, Hayes secretly took the oath of office on Saturday, March 3, 1877, in the Red Room of the White House.
President Hayes worked to solve the country's problems. By 1877 it was clear that the nation's voters were no longer willing to use the army to protect the civil rights of the freedmen. Because a hostile Congress refused to provide adequate funds, Hayes reassigned the few remaining troops guarding two Southern statehouses. Before doing so, however, he extracted promises from southern leaders that they would protect southern African Americans in their political, economic, and civil rights. He hoped his actions would heal the wounds left by the Civil War. His sound money policies helped make business and industry stronger. He initiated civil service reform, aimed at ending patronage, and appointed men with sound qualifications to government positions. He also signed a bill that, for the first time, allowed women attorneys to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The President continued to be concerned with minorities, the poor, and immigrants. He believed that education and manual training would help all people achieve better lives. Hayes' honesty and fairness renewed respect for the presidential office. Honoring his commitment not to accept a second term, Hayes retired to his beautiful home, Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio. Here, Hayes continued to give of his time helping veterans to receive their pensions, improving conditions in prisons, and promoting universal education. He died at Spiegel Grove January 17, 1893, at the age of seventy.
For more information go to http://www.rbhayes.org/.
CLUES
***THIS IS A NEW BOX IN A NEW LOCATION TO REPLACE THE LAST
RB HAYES THAT CAME UP MISSING. Please rehide well as I will not have the ability to replace it for a third time in the near future.***
Upon entering the Hayes center park in any location. Find a map of Spiegel Grove and make your way to the president's grave. Enter the grave and checkout the place the president is buried. With your back to his grave go 15 paces (2 steps = 1 pace). Turn left and follow the path along the wrought iron fence. It is made of mulch so it may be covered in leaves or snow at various time of the year. This path was used to look at the graves before the fence was opened and sidewalks were placed inside. As your follow the path you will find 2 trees in the middle of the path. With your back against the second tree go about 5 paces on down the path. When you look to your left you should find a small moss covered rock wedged in the hill. Under it and behind those that are loose you will find the likeness of Mr.President in which you seek.
This location is fairly concealed but please be discreet when there are many visitors in the grove. Please be sure to place him back where you found him, out of sight, and let me know that he is safe and sound.
ifficulty: Easy
Terrain: Paved
Bring: Stamp Pad, Pen/Pencil
***PLEASE NOTE***
These boxes are located at the Rutherford B. Hayes Center and can only be found during daylight hours. PLEASE DO NOT attempt to enter the grove after dark as there are security guards patrolling the grounds. It is also a place that many people exercise, jog and walk their dogs. At times there will be events that will cause the grounds to be filled with people. I do not recommend that boxes be found during these times.
RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES
Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, was the fifth child born to Rutherford and Sophia Birchard Hayes. He was born October 4, 1822, at Delaware, Ohio, about two months after the death of his father. His parents had come to Ohio in 1817 from Dummerston, Vermont.
Young Rutherford and sister Fanny Arabella were raised by their mother and her younger bachelor brother Sardis Birchard. He was a successful businessman in Lower Sandusky (laterFremont), Ohio. Hayes attended school in Delaware and Norwalk, Ohio, and Middletown, Connecticut. In 1842, Hayes graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, valedictorian of his class. After a year of study in a Columbus law office, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1845. He began his law practice in Lower Sandusky. Not finding many opportunities there, he left in 1849 for Cincinnati, where he became a successful lawyer. His opposition to slavery drew him into the Republican Party.
In 1852, Rutherford married Lucy Ware Webb of Chillicothe. She was the youngest daughter of Dr. James and Maria Cook Webb and a graduate of Cincinnati's Wesleyan Women's College. She was the first wife of a president to graduate from college. They became the parents of eightchildren.
When the Civil War began, Hayes offered his services to the state of Ohio. Governor William Dennison appointed him to the rank of major in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He saw much active service, rising to the rank of major general. He was severely wounded on September 14, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain. In 1864, while still in the army, he was elected to Congress (despite his refusal to campaign). Hayes did not take his seat until the Union had won the war. He was reelected in 1866. The following year Ohio voters elected him governor.
He retired at the close of his second term in 1872, and moved to Fremont in May 1873. After winning a third term in 1875, the Republican Party chose Hayes as its presidential candidate. He won the 1876 election only after the creation of a special commission to decide disputed electoral votes. Because of the tension surrounding his election, Hayes secretly took the oath of office on Saturday, March 3, 1877, in the Red Room of the White House.
President Hayes worked to solve the country's problems. By 1877 it was clear that the nation's voters were no longer willing to use the army to protect the civil rights of the freedmen. Because a hostile Congress refused to provide adequate funds, Hayes reassigned the few remaining troops guarding two Southern statehouses. Before doing so, however, he extracted promises from southern leaders that they would protect southern African Americans in their political, economic, and civil rights. He hoped his actions would heal the wounds left by the Civil War. His sound money policies helped make business and industry stronger. He initiated civil service reform, aimed at ending patronage, and appointed men with sound qualifications to government positions. He also signed a bill that, for the first time, allowed women attorneys to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The President continued to be concerned with minorities, the poor, and immigrants. He believed that education and manual training would help all people achieve better lives. Hayes' honesty and fairness renewed respect for the presidential office. Honoring his commitment not to accept a second term, Hayes retired to his beautiful home, Spiegel Grove, in Fremont, Ohio. Here, Hayes continued to give of his time helping veterans to receive their pensions, improving conditions in prisons, and promoting universal education. He died at Spiegel Grove January 17, 1893, at the age of seventy.
For more information go to http://www.rbhayes.org/.
CLUES
***THIS IS A NEW BOX IN A NEW LOCATION TO REPLACE THE LAST
RB HAYES THAT CAME UP MISSING. Please rehide well as I will not have the ability to replace it for a third time in the near future.***
Upon entering the Hayes center park in any location. Find a map of Spiegel Grove and make your way to the president's grave. Enter the grave and checkout the place the president is buried. With your back to his grave go 15 paces (2 steps = 1 pace). Turn left and follow the path along the wrought iron fence. It is made of mulch so it may be covered in leaves or snow at various time of the year. This path was used to look at the graves before the fence was opened and sidewalks were placed inside. As your follow the path you will find 2 trees in the middle of the path. With your back against the second tree go about 5 paces on down the path. When you look to your left you should find a small moss covered rock wedged in the hill. Under it and behind those that are loose you will find the likeness of Mr.President in which you seek.
This location is fairly concealed but please be discreet when there are many visitors in the grove. Please be sure to place him back where you found him, out of sight, and let me know that he is safe and sound.