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Recuerde El Alamo! Mystery Cache

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filler & bcat: So long.
Farewell.

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Hidden : 4/11/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE ABOVE COORDINATES ARE MOSTLY BOGUS!
... but they will put you near the cache. :)


Phone a Texas history buff, hit up the Internet, do what it takes to correctly answer the questions necessary to decrypt the final coordinates!

N 30 AB.CDE, W 097 FG.HIJ


A.) The Texas Lone Star flag flew over the Alamo during the duration of the battle.

  • False (1)
  • True (2)


B.) There were no survivors of the Alamo.

  • False (6)
  • True (7)


C.) The only Texans who rallied to the aid of the Alamo were 32 men from Gonzales.

  • False (8)
  • True (9)


D.) The Battle of the Alamo would not have taken place had the garrison followed Sam Houston's recommendation to blow up the fort and leave San Antonio.

  • False (4)
  • True (5)


E.) All the men in the mission pledged themselves to die by crossing a line drawn in the dirt by the commander, William Travis.

  • False (3)
  • True (4)


F.) Pee Wee's bicycle was hidden in the basement at the Alamo.

  • False (4)
  • True (5)


G.) 13,000 Mexican soldiers attacked the Alamo.

  • False (3)
  • True (4)


H.) The range of ages of the men who volunteered to do battle at the Alamo ranged in age from 16 to 57.

  • False (2)
  • True (3)


I.) The siege on the Alamo lasted only 13 days.

  • False (1)
  • True (2)


J.) Texas independence had been formally declared before the end of the battle.

  • False (6)
  • True (7)


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