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Sudoku Mural Tour of Pendleton

A cache by h20drifter Hidden : 3/12/2006
Difficulty:
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5 1 out of 5

Size: Size: Small (Small)

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In Oregon, United States

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This cache has you travel to 5 murals in downtown Pendleton, obtaining clues from each one, then making your way to the final destination. All murals and the final cache are within 3 blocks from main street, so the entire hunt can be done on foot. You will be looking for a large vitamin bottle containing a log book and small trinkets. Bring something to write with.


Step 1: Obtain specific numbers from the murals to be used in a sudoku puzzle

Mural 1 (obtaining letter A): The first location will take you to a mural painted in the 90's by students from Pendleton High School. From this painting, the number of people without a horse will be the letter A.

Mural 2 (obtaining letter B): Use this location (N 45 40 398 W 118 47 323) to view the second mural, and count the number of people you find in this painting. Let this be the letter B.

Mural 3 (obtaining the letters C, D): Use this location (N 45 40 437 W 118 47 278) to view a plaque located near this third mural, and find the year a garage/service station was opened as a dodge dealership at this site. Let this be the letters 19CD.

Mural 4: (obtaining the letters E, F, G): Use this location (N45 40 231 W118 47 182) to view the fourth mural, and determine the year the building was purchased. Let this be the letters EFFG.

Mural 5: (obtaining the letters H, I, J): Due to a fire that burned down this fifth mural, I'm searching for another mural as a replacement.
This mural displayed Journals from Lewis and Clark. Until I find an alternate mural, please use this website which takes you to part of the Lewis and Clark Journals in order to determine the date "Yellept furnished us with two canoes", as written in the journal. http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/lewis-clark-journal/day716.html Let this be the letters 0H/IJ/####.

Now go find a bench to sit and solve the puzzle, as you'll be fairly close the final destination after locating Mural number 5.

Step 2: Solve the puzzle to find the remaining letters used for the final location

Sudoku Puzzle
D
 
 x
B
E
 
 
 
F
E
 
 
G
 
F
 
B
 
 
F
G
 
H
 
D
 
H
 
 r
 
J
G
F
 
 
G
 
I
B
 
H
 
 
D
F
H
 
 
 
B
 
 
 
D
 
B
 s
F
J
 
 
A
 
F
 
I
 
 
D
F
 z
 
 
A
D
 
 
B
Sudoku Puzzle Workspace
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

The final location of the cache will be located at N45 x0 ysr W118 xr yzt

 

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ybbx haqresbbg

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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Last Updated: on 10/12/2011 1:47:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time (8:47 PM GMT)
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