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Garfield School Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/8/2015
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Located in the town of Brunswick, Eagle Mills, New York, NYS Route 2. Permission has been obtained from the Brunswick Historical Society to place a cache here. They are aware of why "those people" are looking around !

 

 

 


 


This historic building was erected to serve Brunswick School District #2 and is named in recognition of President James A. Garfield. This two room schoolhouse is considered the most well preserved nineteenth century building in Rensselaer County. It has been named to the National Register of Historic Places and was recognized by the Preservation League of New York.

Today the building is home to the Brunswick Historical Society, a non-profit, educational organization chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. During operation hours, please stop in to view the interior of this building.

Posted coordinates are for parking. You will need to bring your own pen.

The actual cache is located at:

 N 42 43. (A)        W 73 35. (B)    To find (A) & (B) solve the following:

For (A), subtract 62 from the last three digits of the year the school was constructed.

For (B), add 32 to the last three digits of the year President James A. Garfield was born.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernq gur cyndhr

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)