Saturday, July 11, 2026 · america_250
America 250 · The duel — July 11
5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.
On the morning of July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr rowed across the Hudson to settle a feud with pistols. Today's pack walks five sites that shaped — and were shaped by — the founder's life.
- 01
Drop a pin on the cliff where Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met for their pistol duel on July 11, 1804.
● 73rd Street — North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
- Target
- 40.7942°, -74.0019°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 02
Drop a pin on the Caribbean island where Hamilton was born around 1755 — the only Founder born outside North America.
● Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Target
- 17.1464°, -62.6131°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 03
Drop a pin on the battlefield where Hamilton led a bayonet assault on a British redoubt in October 1781 — his decisive moment of military glory.
● Water Street — Yorktown, Virginia, United States
- Target
- 37.2364°, -76.5066°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 04
Drop a pin on the upstate mansion where Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler in 1780 — his bridge into the Hudson Valley aristocracy.
● Bassett Street — City of Albany, New York, United States
- Target
- 42.6395°, -73.7558°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts
- 05
Drop a pin on the federal city where Hamilton designed the Treasury Department from scratch — the first U.S. Treasury Building stood here.
● 15th Street Northwest — Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Target
- 38.8985°, -77.0337°
- Cap
- 932 mi
- Weight
- 200 pts