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Oskaloosa Square Puzzle Cache

A cache by Tennishoe
Hidden: 1/6/2011
In Iowa, United States
Difficulty:
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5 1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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This is a Puzzle Cache at the square in Oskaloosa. All the clues you will need you can get by walking around the square. You are looking for dates or numbers for the clues below. Each number is a number in the final coordinates for the final cache. After finding all the clues you will be able to figure out the location for the final cache container.

The cache container is at:

N 41.AB.CDA
W 092.EF.GHJ

Clue 1: The Historical Oskaloosa City Park Band Stand was rebuilt in 19A2.

Clue 2: The Chief Mahaska Statue was made by S.E. Fry in Paris in 190B.

Clue 3: The Gentennial Block was built in 187C.

Clue 4: The Spanish Torpedo was taken out of the Harbor of Guantanamo in 189D.

Clue 5: Chief Mahaska of the Ioway Tribe died in 18E4.

Clue 6: The war memorial in the park was placed by The Woman's Relief Corps No. 2FG.

Clue 7: The second date on the Book Vault building is 190H.

Clue 8: The Phoenix Block was built in 18J3.

Now that you have all the clues figured out you will be able to figure out the final coordinates.

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Last Updated: on 6/7/2013 4:26:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time (11:26 AM GMT)
Rendered From:Unknown
Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum