Amanda from Seattle and I looked for it when we were in the area in May of this year.
First off, it shouldn't be listed in NJ as officially it's in Kings County NY. But that
aside, the box is missing, and from researching the archives, it appears to have gone
missing as far back as July 2001. I have asked the webmasters to either remove the
listing, or add a line at the top that it may be gone since it requires effort, time and
money to reach this non-existant box, but I just checked and it doesn't appear to
been changed.

-- Princess Lea

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick" wrote:
> Does anyone know the status of the Liberty State Park box in Jersey
> City, NJ? It is listed as unclaimed and there is no e-mail address
> in the clues. Wondering if anyone has found it lately or knows
> anything about it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> SpringChick

Thanks Princess Lea... I had seen the archived messages from June
and July 2001, but thought perhaps they were cases of "just couldn't
find the box." But it sounds like this one isn't going to be worth
the time and effort, and most likely is long gone.

SpringChick



--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lea Shangraw Fox"
wrote:
> Amanda from Seattle and I looked for it when we were in the area in
May of this year.
> First off, it shouldn't be listed in NJ as officially it's in Kings
County NY. But that
> aside, the box is missing, and from researching the archives, it
appears to have gone
> missing as far back as July 2001. I have asked the webmasters to
either remove the
> listing, or add a line at the top that it may be gone since it
requires effort, time and
> money to reach this non-existant box, but I just checked and it
doesn't appear to
> been changed.
>
> -- Princess Lea
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "SpringChick"
wrote:
> > Does anyone know the status of the Liberty State Park box in
Jersey
> > City, NJ? It is listed as unclaimed and there is no e-mail
address
> > in the clues. Wondering if anyone has found it lately or knows
> > anything about it?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > SpringChick

I had a teacher from New Jersey tell me that New Jersey stole the Statue of Liberty from New York by virtue of the definition of the boundary between New York and New Jersey. The boundary is defined as the middle of the river. New Jersey has spent many decades dumping garbage along their shoreline and thus have extended it into the river, thereby moving the halfway point closer to the New York shore. At some point, the line moved to the point that the Statue is now in New Jersey!

I'm sure this technicality doesn't change the fact that the Statue is considered to be part of New York but I found it amusing that New Jersey could steal the Statue of Liberty with garbage. : )
___________________________
California Bear


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lea Shangraw Fox"
wrote:
> First off, it shouldn't be listed in NJ as officially it's in Kings
County NY.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island technically belong to New
York. Liberty State Park is on mainland New Jersey.

SpringChick


--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "California Bear"
wrote:
> I had a teacher from New Jersey tell me that New Jersey stole the
Statue of Liberty from New York by virtue of the definition of the
boundary between New York and New Jersey. The boundary is defined as
the middle of the river. New Jersey has spent many decades dumping
garbage along their shoreline and thus have extended it into the
river, thereby moving the halfway point closer to the New York shore.
At some point, the line moved to the point that the Statue is now in
New Jersey!
>
> I'm sure this technicality doesn't change the fact that the Statue
is considered to be part of New York but I found it amusing that New
Jersey could steal the Statue of Liberty with garbage. : )
> ___________________________
> California Bear
>
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Lea Shangraw Fox"
> wrote:
> > First off, it shouldn't be listed in NJ as officially it's in
Kings
> County NY.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]