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Franconia College Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/4/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The  cache is not located at the listed coordinates. Visit the historic marker on Route 142 in Franconia which marks the site where the College once stood.  Bending the norms of higher education, the college offered selfdirected study, and administrative decisions were made by faculty and students at freewheeling community meetings. The experimental school was part of a national trend in progressive education during an era of revolution and change. Faced with mounting financial pressures, it closed its doors in 1978. By 1986 the building was no longer extant.

Novelist Jamaica Kincaid, labor advocate Tim Costello and radio talk show host Marc Steiner each studied at Franconia College.

   

To find the cache, use information on the historic marker to answer these two questions:

Cache location:  N 44  13.XXX       The college operated for XXX years.    Fifteen  623      Twenty five  723

                         W 071  43.YYY       The hotel that was built on this site in 1882 was  YYY  Mt. View Grand 996  Forest Hills Grand  786

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)