The Mystery of the Golden Triangle-Clay Co. Mystery Cache
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle-Clay Co.
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The Golden Triangle is an area in East Central Mississippi. It encompasses Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties. The major cities in these counties are West Point, Columbus and Starkville. To complete this challenge you will have to find the 3 caches listed below. Each of the 3 county caches have a clue to the final. You will need to write down the clue. After you have found the 3 county caches you will have the information you need to find the final. I will tell you the final is located in one of the 3 counties. If that's not enough info to find it then I suggest finding the other 3 first. To get the coordinates for this cache you must answer the questions below.
A-Clay County was organized May 12 of what year?
B- What was the population of Clay county in 1880?
C- The county seat of Clay county is West Point, What date was West Point incorporated?
D- Clay county was originally called Colfax county, what year was the name changed to Clay?
E- Clay county was named for who?
F- The Leader newspaper was established in West Point in what year?
G- The first board of supervisors meeting in West point was on what date?
H- The twelfth census of the United States show there were how many farms in Clay county?
Actual coordinate are 33 3A.BCD 088 3E.FGH
A= Last digit in year
B= Third digit in number
C= Last digit in year
D= Last digit in year
E= Number of letters in first name +1
F= Third digit in year
G= Number of letters in the month
H= Last digit in number
Related Caches:
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle - Oktibbeha County
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle - Lowndes County
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle There is a clue in each of the county caches which will lead you to this final stage of the cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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