Placed by ~JustBeth, Max and Aaron
Presidential Series #2
March 22, 2003
Hope Brook Lake Park
Middlebury CT. New Haven County
5 boxes

**You can either begin this series at the point you finish series #1 or
you can drive into the park until you reach the lake. To the left is a small
parking lot right before you drive over a bridge if you park there and walk
over the bridge you will see a sign for the Upland Trail(with orange
blazes)follow that trail into the woods.


Ronald Wilson Reagan
40th President 1981-1989
Republican
Vice President - George Bush
Born February 6, 1911 Tampico, Illinois
Occupation: Actor, Public Official
Married: Jane Wyman, Nancy Davis

Early Years: Reagan went to school in Dixon, Illinois, and then to Eureke
College where he majored in economics. He had strong interests in sports,
drama and politics. Reagan became a Hollywood actor and made over fifty
movies.

His Presidency: Under Reagan, defense spending and a tax cut led to a record
budget deficit. The national debt rose from $900 billion to more than $2
trillion, but his leadership style raised the countries optimism about our
national strength. His foreign affairs policies were instrumental in ending
the cold war. Reagan's greatest achievement was the banning of
intermediate-range nuclear arms through a treaty with the Soviet Union in
1987.

Did you know? Reagan was elected at age 70, making him our country's oldest
president.

**If you follow the Upland into the woods you will come across two
concrete drainage pipes. If you are picking up the trail from Pres. Series 1
just keep following the trail until you come to the drainage pipes. Take a
compass reading of 90 east walk up the hill to the boulder with a tree
growing into it. On the back side of the boulder you will find Ronald
Reagan.

George Bush
41st President 1989 - 1993
Republican
Vice President - Dan Quayle
Born: June 12, 1924 Milton, MA
Occupation: Businessman, Public Official
Married: Barbara Pierce

Early Years: Bush grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. He attended Phillips
Academy in Massachusetts and served as a pilot in the Navy during World War
II. He then majored in economics at Yale and became a supplier of oil
drilling equipment.

His Presidency: Bush faced problems of a huge national debt, the savings and
loan bailout, a sluggish economy and rising inflation. Budget problems and
taxes damaged his popularity, but his leadership in foreign affairs,
especially the Persian Gulf War in 1991, helped improve his image greatly.
He was not reelected, but remained active in politics.

Did you know? Bush, at 19, became the youngest pilot to serve up to that
time in the U.S. Navy. He took part in 58 combat missions during WW II.

**Keep following the trail SE until you reach the junction of the Wetlands
Trail and the Uplands Trail. Take another compass reading of 90 degrees E.
Your next box is waiting, as the crow flies, in the rock outcroppings. Its
really neat at the top! When you see a u shaped rock with a tree growing in
it under the rock to the right of the tree the first George Bush will be.

Richard M. Nixon
37th President 1969-1974
Vice Presidents: Spiro T. Agnew(1969-1973)
Gerald R. Ford(1973-19740
Born January 9, 1913 Yorba Linda, California
Occupation: Lawyer, Public Official
Married: Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan
Died April 22, 1994 New York, New York

Early Years: Nixon worked on his family's lemom farm and in their general
store and gas station. He attended local public schools and Whittier
College, went to Duke University Law School on a scholarship and placed
third in his graduating class.

His Presidency: Under Nixon's administration, there was a cease-fire
agreement with Vietnam. Nixon began the Stratigic Arms Limitation Talks with
the Soviet Union. The Watergate controvery led to his resignation, but he
was granted "a full, complete and absolute pardon." He was later known as an
expert in international affairs.

Did you know? Nixon was a Quaker, and his mother wanted him to become a
missionary.

**Go back down to the Upland Trail and follow it in a NE direction. The
Upland Trail is blazed with orange. The trail will begin to climb and at the
first crest to your left will be a rock with a flat side, like a slide. 6
paces(left right left) past the rock is a blazed tree. Another 3 paces will
bring you to a group of rocks. On the west side of this group tucked inside
a little alcove is "Tricky Dick."
Return to the trail and keep heading up.

William Jefferson Clinton
42nd President 1993-2001
Democrat
Vice President - Albert Gore, Jr.
Born: August 19, 1946 Hope, Arkansas
Occupation: Lawyer; Public Official
Married: Hillary Rodham

Early Years: Clinton went to school in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated
from Hot Springs High School and then Georgetown University with a degree in
international affairs. After two years in England on a Rhodes Scholarship,
he received a law degree at Yale University.

His Presidency: During his first term, Clinton's efforts centered around the
economy, health care reform and trade agreements with Mexico and Canada. But
foreign affairs often took center stage, as civil war rocked Eastern Europe
and American troops were dispatched to help keep the peace. During his
second term in office, enormous growth in Internet technology and the
economyled to a huge budget surplus. But in the last days of his Presidency,
foreign affairs again captured his attention as fighting erupted in the
explosive Middle East.

Did you know? Clinton is a saxaphone player and the first president from the
"Baby Boom" generation.

**Stay on the Upland Trail until your reach a second stone wall. In the wall
facing the path your treasure awaits. Return to the trail and continue going
up.


George W. Bush
43rd President 2001- present
Republican
Vice President - Richard Cheney
Born: July 6, 1946 New Haven, Connecticut
Occupation: Public Official
Married: Laura Welch

Early Years: Bush grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He graduated from
Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachussetts, and later received a history
degree from yale University. He also received a Masters in Business
Administration from Harvard Business School. He began his career in the oil
and gas business in Midland in 1975 and worked in the energy industry until
1986. He was elected the 46th Governor of Texas in 1994 and reelected in
1998.

His Presidency: During his election campaign Bush called himself a
"compassionate conservative." During his first years in office he promised
to champion legislation that emphasized his core principles of ;imited
government, local control, individual responsibility, and strong families.

Did you know? George W. Bush is the first son of a President to also win the
office since John Quincy Adams in 1824.

**At the highest point of the trail you will see a huge boulder to your
right. Tucked around the back hidden in typical LB fashion is our Commander
and Chief, G.W.








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