 No. Six
A cache by badfeet Hidden: 1/26/2008
Size:  (Micro) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Another easy Cache and Dash. No bushwhacking required at all. There
is a nice easy pull out right at the cache.
Coordinates bring you to an interesting historic plaque. Almost as
interesting is the coincidence of placing the cache. Two were
placed at this location and posted at almost the same time -
seconds apart. Our posting happened first, and Badfeet XX felt a
close tie with this location since it was the oil industry that
brought her to Ventura, so we were awarded the site. For details
about the cache placement coincidence, check out Geocraig's blog
"Ojai #6–My Newest Cache, Almost" available through his
geocaching.com site or (visit link) He also posted some gorgeous photos
of the area.
Here is some of the info on the plaque:
Oil Well Ojai No. 6
Prelude to California's Oil Empire
Near here May 1867 California Petroleum Company brought in "Ojai
No. 6" "...described as the first well drilled for oil in
California that yielded an exended commercial production...first
production well drilled by mechanical power and first to flow by
it's own energy. Regarded as the forerunner of the States Oil
Bonanza."
Additional info is also provided about Thomas R. Bard and the Union
Oil Company.
Dedicated Sept 11, 1965
Union Oil Co. of CA
Petroleum Production Pioneers, Inc.
FTF HONORS GO TO GSMX2 AND IN THE RAIN AND IN THE DARK NO LESS
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)
Lbh ner ybbxvat sbe n Fgneohpxf inavyyn thz gva.(Decrypted Hints)
Find...
The No. Six Plaque
This is your reward for driving this far, education!
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Current Time: 2/10/2010 12:40:12 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (8:40 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 1/23/2010 9:24:26 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:24 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
