Pioneer of 1844 Traditional Cache

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SprocketMan: I've decided to make this a multicache. Have submitted a new listing (GC122BA) for coordinates at nearly the same spot.

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Hidden : 6/24/2003
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Back in the late 60's early 70's my old Boy Scout troop from Ockley Green School took on the community service project of maintaining this historical site. From the tree trimming and brush clearing that was evident when I planted the cache, someone must have recently taken up the task; possibly people active in the Portland Heritage Tree organization since a Western Red Cedar at the location is listed as a Tree Of Merit on their Web site Trees Of Merit - it is a truely massive tree.

I don't know that much about the life and times of the Pioneer of 1844 other than the reason the site is where it is had to do with his marriage to Native American woman. He was buried outside of the Pioneer cemetery located near here. There is a large geographical feature in the pennisula named after him. If any cachers have other historical or interesting info about him, please post in in the logs.

PS: (7/2/03) Guess I should have mentioned something about the lack of parking. DON'T TRY AND STOP RIGHT AT THE SITE - IT'S A PRETTY NASTY INTERSECTION. Probably the best place is by the substation just to the North of the light.

(7/22/05) The ammo box has disappeared so I replaced it with a camoflaged, round plastic container with a snap-down lid. There's a hinge on the back of the lid so please be careful opening it so as not to rip the little hinge piece of plastic off. The container is tucked WAY back in the recess in the hiding spot but it is still at the original location. Also, the coords were re-shot with my new, more sophisticated receiver and I think are much closer than the ones originally listed.

(2/12/06) Another new container - this one is a small camo'ed tupperware box. Moved it away from the headstone to keep it out of the hands of whomever likes to make off with all the cache goodies.
Also, I found the rest of the graveyard! Since the construction on the new bridge was complete I had to drive up the road aways to park and lo and behold, I parked right beside the old cemetery! It's all fenced in with a "No Trespassing" sign on the gate but you can see most of it. It's right at the entrance to the Abrams scrap metal yard. The coords at the gate are N46 36.813 W122 45.760 if anyone is interested in taking a look.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gur Veba Gevnatyr.

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)


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