In 1921
The Roaring 20's was the birth of the Flapper girl and the Age of Jazz; this was the era of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". Women had just recently gained the right to vote (19th Amendment) and "The Noble Experiment", a.k.a. Prohibition just came into effect in the states. The first Grand Prix victory by an American-built car was Jimmy Murphy driving a Duesenberg in the 1921 French Grand Prix at Le Mans. In 1921, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad was still in operation, the Reading Pagoda was 13 years old, and the Tower Hotel would stand for another 2 years before being destroyed by fire. The present-day fire tower sits atop the old hotel's foundation. The Reading Draft Company first started making soda in 1921, at the same location in which they operate today.
The Cache
This cache is not at the coordinates listed above, but will get you into the neighborhood. Solve the puzzle below to get the actual cache coordinates. Daylight hours Only! No need to climb. This cache was placed with permission from the store owner. Stop in to say hello, this is their first experience with caching. A nice smile and a little cache chat might land you a free bottle of Reading Draft Soda, during store hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 9am to 3pm
Saturday 9am to 12pm
To get the coordinates for the cache, place the following events from 1921, in chronological order. Once in order, the number at the end of each statement should then be placed into the following coordinates
N 40o 1_._ _ _ W 075o 5_._ _ _ (for example, if the list below were in order the coords would be N40o 17.190 75o 52.386)
- KYW-AM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions = 7
- The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight championship fight, the 1st prizefight with a million-dollar gate, was held at Jersey City. Dempsey won by a knockout in the 4th round. = 1
- Albert Einstein lectures at Columbia University in New York on his new theory of relativity,introduced "time" as the 4th dimension.= 9
- The Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 in the first baseball game heard on a radio station, it is broadcast via KDKA in Pittsburgh. = 0
- U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany = 2
- Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs = 3
- President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Arlington Cemetery) = 8
- J. Edgar Hoover’s career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began when he was appointed assistant chief (assist. Director). = 6
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
Other events that occurred in 1921 (not part of puzzle):
•Adolf Hitler becomes Chairman of the Nazi Party in his rise to power and prominence in Germany.
•Ellis Island under quarantine on May 18th due to Typhus Outbreak.
•The Emergency Quota Act limits the number of immigrants admitted into the US.
•The U.S. Morgan silver dollar coin was minted from 1878 to 1904 and again for one more year in 1921.
•The Communist Party of China is formed with Mao Tse-tung as a founding member.
•Chicago White Sox Baseball team accused of throwing the World Series.
•Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
•Famine in Russia kills tens of thousands, famine due to the failure of crops.
•Irving Berlin song "All By Myself" becomes popular.
•United States President Woodrow Wilson was succeeded by Warren G. Harding on March 4, 1921
•The New York-Washington Airmail route was discontinued on May 31, 1921, and the Minneapolis-Chicago and the Chicago-St. Louis routes on June 30, 1921. Operation was then confined to the service between New York and San Francisco.
•The first vintage of Dom Pérignon was 1921.