How Do I Play?
Using your GPS enabled device, enter the coordinates to each site (or click on the links provided) and take a tour through some of Pekin’s historical locations with this self guided Adventure Quest. Along the way you will need to use your detective skills and caching sense to discover the placement of 10 hidden containers (micro to small in size) along with 10 other locations where information only will be gathered.
Solve The Puzzle
Each site will provide either a letter or a number needed to unscramble a prominent woman's name and important year in Pekin’s history.
How Do I Win?
Put all the clues together to solve the puzzle. Submit your correct answer by December 31st, 2024 to be entered into a drawing for a one-of-a-kind, locally printed 3-D Flat Everett, $50 in Chamber Checks that can be used at numerous Pekin businesses & some official Pekin swag! Winner will be drawn January 6th, 2025.
Please be courteous and respectful of your surroundings and place each cache back how you found it to ensure it remains hidden.
Practice CITO (cache-in-trash-out) & happy caching! Thank you, United Way of Pekin, for sponsoring the cache containers.
If you have questions, please email us at PekinHistoricAdventureQuest@gmail.com.
We hope you enjoy this historic tour of Pekin & participate in other events throughout 2024 to celebrate this milestone.
Think You Have Solved The Puzzle?
Once you have visited all the sites and unscrambled the numbers and letters, send us your answer for a chance to win prizes! Submissions are due by December 31st, 2024; winner drawn January 6th, 2025.Let's Get Started
Visit each site in no particular order. 10 of these sites will include cache containers placed with permission. The other 10 sites are for information gathering only. Click on each location below for more information.Please be courteous and respectful when searching for caches or clues. Do not disrupt landscaping or destroy anything during your search and place each cache back how you found it to ensure it remains hidden. We hope you enjoy this historic tour & participate in other events throughout 2024 to celebrate Pekin's milestone.
