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History Detectives - Senior - Presidential Estate Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/9/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The fourth in the History Detectives Series.

DO NOT GO TO THE COORDINATES LISTED ABOVE!

This is the fourth in the History Detective Series. It cannot be solved until you've completed the three previous caches and collected the necessary information.

History Detectives - JuniorA Bicentennial

History Detectives - JuniorB Barrel Makers

History Detectives - JuniorC Meeting House

When you've completed this cache, you'll have all the information you need to become a Professional History Detective by clicking here.

When you've done the work needed to get the coordinates for this cache, you'll arrive at a rarely visited historical marker. It marks the former estate of a local historical figure.

Write down the name of his estate to be used as a password for History Detectives - Professional..

On the historical marker, find the last year this man resided at this estate.

Now add that number to the last four digits of the latitude below and subtract the number from the last four digits of the longitude listed below to get the correct coordinates of the next stage of this cache.

Latitude: 40 15.806
Longitude: 75 59.366

These calculated coordinates will take you to a "turkey vulture". Follow the white trail to the top of the hill and then down the blue trail a short distance to collect the rest of the code in order to find the cache.

To find the final do some nature math:

White tail deer times gray squirrel

North red oak + downy woodpecker

Shagbark hickory

Grey Squirrel

Grey Squirrel

Silver beech times white tail deer + shag bark hickory

North red oak times gray squirrel + downy woodpecker

Downy woodpecker

White oak

White oak

The cache is a small plastic container large enough for small trading items. Please bring your own pen to sign the log. Make sure to read the interesting historical tidbit about the man honored by this cache on the inside cover of the log.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr bar vf nybat gur fvqrjnyx. Fgntr gjb vf n gur onfr bs na byq gerr fghzc.

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)