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The MOGA Legacy Page
(This page is in development.)
MOGA History
Rich Wendling “web-ling” held an orienteering event that featured Geocaching at Lake Bridgeport, just north-west of Fort Worth Texas on March 29th, 2003. 2003 Texas State Geocaching Extravaganza (GCC025). Mike Griffin (Brawny Bear), along with his friend Bruce (BruceS) attended the event from the St. Louis area. Excited and inspired by what he has seen, Mike returned home and started to plan a similar event that would take place in the spring of 2004.
On March 19th, 2004 at Hawn State Park in Missouri, MOGA was birthed! Originally named “MIGA” / “Midwest Invitational Geocaching Competition”, the event featured an orienteering course, designed for Geocachers using handheld GPS units.
... more to come.
The retired MOGA Directors team
Mike Griffin (Brawny Bear)
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Tim Ueltzen (Tim, Pam and Molly)
2005
John & Laurie Elfrank (L Frank)
2010, 2011, 2019, 2020
Richard Buman (bumanfam)
2012
Tom Hankins & Pam Rankin
2013
Lenie Holbrook (illinitrekker)
2014
Dane Morgan & Martha Koeller
2015
Jesse Tuttle (KingAFK)
2016, 2021
Ryan Semmel (Semmels123)
2017
Brady Holmes & Coby Boring
2018
Steve Bromley
Treasure
Michael Maryan (The Mad Chef)
On-site Competitions
Record of previous MOGA Events
YEAR | GC CODE | STATE | COMPETITION GROUNDS (Main) |
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2004 | GCGZ0B | MO | Hawn State Park |
2005 | GCKR4A | MO | Meramec State Park |
2006 | GCQVE5 | IL | Pere Marquette State Park |
2007 | GCYJ1T | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2008 | GC167P0 | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2009 | GC1DRV3 | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2010 | GC1TF5K | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2011 | GC2EWFJ | IL | Rend Lake |
2012 | GC2QM9C | IA | Rathbun Lake |
2013 | GC3GN2E | IL | Lake Shelbyville |
2014 | GC491R5 | OH | Strouds Run State Park |
2015 | GC511F1 | MO | Trail of Tears State Park |
2016 | GC5KYNP | OH | East Fork State Park |
2017 | GC6A1AA | KS | Lazy T Ranch |
2018 | GC701KJ | NE | Pioneers Park |
2019 | GC7YV5W | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2020 | GC8F5VF | MO | Mark Twain Lake |
2021 | GC91060 | KY | TBA |