Moe's Stash #25 Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 7/14/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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East Park is located on the east side of Mason City, containing 57.6 acres of magnificent parkland. It was established in 1909. There are two scenic rivers that enhance the immense beauty of this park, the Winnebago River and Willow Creek. The park has three main entrances, East State Street, Virginia Avenue, and 4th Northeast. The park features a variety of activities such as picnics, 9-hole disc golf, 3-tennis courts, volleyball, basketball, fishing, and a sledding hill. Numerous pieces of playground equipment are located throughout the park and at every shelter house. The most popular play area is the Prairie Playground located at the East State Street entrance next to the train. It is a maze of playground equipment built in the fall of 1998 by community volunteers. The park sports a 2.08 mile, 8 foot wide hard surface trail system that contains two scenic pedestrian bridge crossings and connects to every shelter house in the park, as well as the garden area, playground, band shell and gazebo.

The band shell is host to the Mason City Municipal Band. Concerts are held on Sunday evenings throughout the summer. The band shell also hosts the annual Band Festival activities and the annual Civil War Reenactments.

The 1912 steam locomotive and tender ("Rotary Cannonball") was donated to the city by the American Crystal Sugar Company. The locomotive was placed in East Park on September 1, 1959. Its weight is 169 tons. It is 67 feet long by 10.5 feet wide and is 15.5 feet high. The American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York built it for the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad in December 1912. It was know as locomotive number 457 it is a type 2-8-0 locomotive that used coal and steam as fuel.

The Men's Garden Club is very active in the park. The flowers around the gazebo and duck pond area are some of the most beautiful in the state. There are two beautiful water fountains, trickling rock waterfalls surrounded by beautiful domestic and native wild flowers. The park also contains some of the most magnificent towering oak trees in the state. The Garden Club takes great pride in its work, so don't miss out on this beautiful spectacle.

The Margaret MacNider Campground is located across the Winnebago River to the north.

While in the area take a walk along East State Street toward the Central Business District and view some of finest older homes in Mason City.

PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS CACHE AT NIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN VANDALISM IN THE PARK LATELY. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, PLEASE CALL THE POLICE.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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