Where's Renfrew? Traditional Geocache
dasein: Gamer's Challenge cache-- whose logbook contained the coordinates for this cache-- has disappeared again! Since we found Renfrew's grave, we placed a cache near it this weekend. Look for "Remembering Renfrew" to be approved in a few days.
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The cache IS NOT at the above coordinates! The coordinates to the cache are inside the Gamer's Challenge logbook front cover. You will need a 4WD vehicle to access this area (thus the 5-terrain difficulty), the rest is easy.
The coordinates listed are for a great spot to look for quartz crystals. Simply stop at the coordinates, and look in the dirt on either side of the road (or even IN the road!). We have found several nice crystals there. There is a mining claim at the top of the hill above the road. You can go up there to look around, but please don't look for crystals there.
After that, head up to Gamer's Challenge and get the coordinates for this cache.
'Where's Renfrew?' cache is near where we believe Renfrew's grave to be. We have spent time looking for his gravesite both up and down the hill, but have not been able to locate it. We challenge fellow cachers to help us search for it.
Alexander Renfrew was born in Ohio in 1816 and came to Oregon in 1852. He and his wife had a claim near Brownsville, then abandoned their claim in 1855 and moved to Eugene where they constructed the St. Charles Hotel on the corner of Broadway and Willamette. In 1871, he and others formed the McKenzie Salt Springs and Des Chutes Wagon Road Company, which helped lead to development of a toll road across McKenzie Pass. Renfrew was committed to the East Portland Asylum in 1872 and later released. He died while prospecting for gold and was buried on Gold Hill on August 5, 1876. A stone marker at the site says: 'August 5, 1876, Pased 60.'
The cache is a 50 cal. ammo can. The first person to take a photo of Renfrew's grave marker with their GPS will get a special prize.
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(Decrypt)
Va gur oehfu haqre n gerr pybfr gb gur ebnq.