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IL River Byway Oak Hill Cemetery Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Smith: As I have not heard from the cache owner within the requested time frame, the cache is being archived.

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Hidden : 4/12/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Oak Hill Cemetery was established in 1864 and was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1993. It is known as "The Hill" in Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. The cache is only available from dawn to 8:00 pm. Make sure to record the 4 digit code found inside the cache into your Illinois River Road geocaching log book and guide.

Photobucket The Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway stretches 291 miles along the east and west sides of the Illinois River from Ottawa to Havana, and is notable for its natural and historic qualities. The route was designated a National Scenic Byway in 2005 – one in 150 of America’s Byways® throughout the U.S. Its six gateway communities include Ottawa, Princeton, Peoria, Pekin, Canton, and Havana with several other portal communities along the byway.

This cache is one of 15 placed in the Canton Gateway for the Illinois River Road series. The series has a total of 90 geocaches. Collect 10 of the 15 four-digit cache codes from each gateway to be eligible for a specially designed Illinois River Road coin (one unique coin for each gateway community). Please visit www.illinoisriverroad.org/geocaching for more details on this series of caches.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oheag ybt

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)