GCGC3D Cemetery Quest - Seabeck (Unknown Cache) in Washington, United States created by HeadLlama

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Hidden : 6/28/2003

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a 2 waypoint/research Multi-Cache micro located in Seabeck. The cache is not at the coordinates above. It is located near the cemetery but you will have to gather data to find it.

Cemetery Entrance: 47° 38.058 / 122° 49.944

	STONE 1: 47° 38.033 / 122° 49.904 CLUE: Carl - private path
	STONE 2: 47° 38.035 / 122° 49.937 CLUE: Ida - no hintz for this one

Name clues are first names.
Convert all headstone dates to this format: m-d-yyyy.
Example: June, 5 1965 = 6-5-1965 not 06-05-1965

Note: Descriptive information from headstones may be needed to find the final cache in Cemetery Quest...write it down!

CACHE CONTAINER: White Pill Bottle.
CACHE LOCATION: 47° 38.ABC / 122° 49.DEF

A = Month Ida died.
D = Second digit in the year Carl died.

To complete the coordinates you will have to do some research into Seabeck's history.

The answers to the questions may be found here: http://www.seabeck.org/history.html

B = The Lumber Company built their own shipyard and although the exact number of ships built isn't known, we know there were more what number? (First digit of the answer)
C = In what year was the Mess Hall for the mill built? (Second digit of the answer)
E = What was the date that a spark from the steamer Retriever set the pier and mills ablaze? (Month - digits of the day added together)
F = In what year did Laurence Colman and his brother George purchase the town and surrounding land to build a YMCA conference facility? (Add the first, third and fourth digits together)

Trivia The town was named after Seabeck, Maine, the home of Marshall Blinn, who established a sawmill at the site. The town was once a world-renowned port and a major shipyard.