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Tempe Historical Museum Virtual Cache

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Hidden : 5/18/2002
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Renovations to the museum are now complete. It is open for business with new exhibits.

The Tempe Historical Museum presents the story of Tempe. Entrance to the museum is FREE and it is open during the following hours:

Monday - Thursday 10 am - 5 pm
Friday Closed
Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 5 pm
Holidays Closed

In order to successfully claim this cache, visit the museum, sign the guest list at the front desk with your team name, and e-mail me, at Ken@Highpointer.com, the answers to the following questions after visiting (no internet "finds"):

1) Immediately to the right of the front desk are two pieces of construction equipment used to build canals in Tempe during the late 19th century. What are these two pieces of equipment?

2) What is the year, make, type, and model of Tempe's first fire engine, and what was the total cost of it and the hose?

3) Name three out of the four sponsors on Iditarod musher Charles "Chuck" King's bib.

4) What is the officer's name on the Kawasaki Police 1000 motocycle?

5) What was the postmark date on the letter mailed to Miss Stella Craig, and what was the price of the stamp?

6) Who was the Mill Avenue curio shop owner who brought the totem poles to display in front of his shop in 1927, and who was the subsequent owner of the store from 1945 to 1965?

7) What are the years, teams, and scores on the Jim Beam Fiesta Bowl bottle and the Pepsi-Cola Fiesta Bowl bottle?

Please don't post the answers here, even if encrypted.

Note: If the answers to any of the above questions appear to be missing, then simply skip that question. If you like, you can suggest a replacement question with answer.

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