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Murrieta's Treasure Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/29/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

CACCBAG'S 350TH CACHE!

In Livermore, California there is a cache that remembers an old bandit/revolutionary (depending who you believe) named Juaquin Murrieta.  That cache is: Joaquin's Watering Hole - GCD0F0

From the City of Brisbane's Webpage, a story is told about Juaquin Murrieta.  A part of it goes like this:

As the great landlords made their imprint on the history of Brisbane, another type of man was also making his mark. According to local legend, during the 1850s, Joaquin Murrieta used the area as a refuge from the local police. Depicted by some as a notorious desperado and by others as California's Robin Hood, Murrieta preyed upon the San Francisco to San Jose stage line from Costanos Canyon. Although Murrieta was eventually hanged by the San Francisco Vigilante Committee, his fame lives on in the folklore and legend of the area.....or does it? The bounty hunters that claimed to kill Murrieta actually displayed his head in a bottle - charging people $1 to view it. But, his sister claimed that it was not his head. Years later, there were reported sightings of Murrieta as an old man. No one will ever know, the head in the bottle was lost in the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

In 1933, John Loheit, one of Brisbane's most poetic early settlers, gave the following description of Murrieta's legacy: "Ofttimes when in a troubled state of mind I light my pipe and for an hour or two wander through the Brisbane woods above Highland Park.... Legend has it that these woods furnished a rendezvous for Joaquin Murrieta. The great oak with its long horizontal bough still stands, on which tradition says he hanged his victims. Rumor has it that here somewhere he cached part of his ill-gotten gain. Who knows, but someday a wanderer here may unearth his private hoard." Legend says that he hid it near a gate, at the base of a wall, under a shrub, in a small clearing across from a field of dreams (I may have added that part).

To see that great oak, go to this cache: Canyon Ravine - GC44P32   If you want to learn more about this legend and the city's history (it is very interesting reading), I have attached the link to the City of Brisbane's webpage  (in the related webpage link above) and Wiki has some interesting facts about him, his life, his death and his head.

But to possibly find Murrieta's great cached hoard, follow the treasure map below.
 photo JMmap_zpsf2275f35.jpg The cache is loaded with treasures, jewels, coins and $1 for the FTF. It also has some corks from a winery named after this famous outlaw where Corinne and Alan (the first C and first A of CACCBAG) were married.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Whfg yvxr ubefrfubrf naq unaq teranqrf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)