No. Six

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In California, United States

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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

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

Lbh ner ybbxvat sbe n Fgneohpxf inavyyn thz gva. (Decrypted Hints)

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The No. Six Plaque

This is your reward for driving this far, education!

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Cache Logs

October 27 by SpinDig (263 found) Thanks for the hide [view this log]

September 27 by MagicStan (638 found) I enjoy caches near historic markers and points of local interest. Thanks for the cache. [view this log]

August 29 by djohnson28 (2085 found) spent the day in camarillo, santa paula, ojai w/ son an Smileez caching and sightseeing.... [view this log]

August 13 by lulu499 (5038 found) This day will definitely go down as one of my most memorable caching days yet. Up from San Diego with Duncan! and Triple Crown with the goal of finding 100 caches in one day. We exceeded our goal by 76, thanks to D!'s outstanding planning skills!!! We signed the log as DLT! to save time. [view this log]

August 13 by Triple Crown (4396 found) D L T ! (Duncan!, lulu499 and Triple Crown) came up to the Ventura area for some power caching. We bagged 176 smileys with only 10 DNFs today as we toured Ventura, Ojai and Santa Paula. The caching was epic and the company was awesome! SL TFTC!!! It's always fun to learn something interesting while finding a cache! [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 10:02:12 AM
Last Updated: 10/28/2009 12:27:31 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum