GC10H7B Woodford Island Cache #12 (Traditional Cache) in Iowa, United States created by Charles City Biker

This cache has been archived.

Iowa.Landmark: This cache has been confirmed missing and the CO has been inactive and unreachable for a very long time.

GC10H7B ▼

A cache by Charles City Biker Message this owner

Hidden : 1/24/2007

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This will be tough to find because the island likes to scramble your location.

If you take something, please leave something water related.

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This cache is on Woodford Island, which about 100 yards off the southern shore of Clear Lake. During the summer, you should be able to wade/swim out, and during the winter you can probably cross over on the ice. If you take a boat, please be careful of the rocks near the island. While there, look for the remains of the Island House Hotel, which burned in 1870, on the eastern end of the island.
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About Woodford Island

History:

1870 - Island House Hotel built
1875 - The hotel burned, was rebuilt, and burned again
1897 - The island was purchased by Clear Lake lumberman C.R. Woodford, who built a summer house there
1953 - The summer house was removed
1971 - The island was donated to the State by the Woodford-Ashland family

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Other caches in the Clear Lake area:
Pine Tree Park #48
The Day the Music Died
Seawall At The Lake #49
McIntosh Woods Cache
Lone Point Treasure
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre n fyno bs przrag arne n ubyr va gur tebhaq

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)