The Mystery of the Golden Triangle-Oktibbeha Co. Mystery Cache
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle-Oktibbeha 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- Oktibbeha County was organized on what date?
B- Grierson's Raiders came through and looted Starkville in what year?
C- A fire destroyed 52 buildings in downtown Starkville on what date?
D- The Choctaw Indians surrendered all areas in Oktibbeha county with the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek on what date?
E- Starkville got it's first railroad,a branch line of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, it was built from Artesia in what year?
F- Boardtown, later named Starkville, was established as the county seat in what year?
G- According to the 2000 census, what was the population of Starkville?
H- George Celino Barnes, better known as"Machine Gun Kelly" was a resident of Starkville for 2 years as a student at MSU. What year did he enroll?
Actual coordinates are 33 2A.BCD 088 5E.FGH
A= First digit in the day of the month minus 2
B= Third digit in the year minus 1
C= Fourth digit in the year
D- Third digit in the year +1
E- Fourth digit in the year minus 2
F- Third digit in the year minus 1
G- Second digit of number +3
H- Third digit in the year +1
Related Caches:
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle - Lowndes County
The Mystery of the Golden Triangle - Clay 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)
Sbex bs ynetr bnx