Motlah's 14/395 Run - Hesperia-Pilot Traditional Cache

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Jackcheese and Motlah: We live in Nevada now, so this one is not on our way to somewhere anymore! [:(]

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Hidden : 3/11/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Hesperia! The history of Hesperia is the history of the American West as reflected by it’s name which is reported to be Greek for “Star of the West”. You pass by here going to Las Vegas or North to the Sierras We had breakfast at the Outpost here, on our way to Las Vegas back in 1986...on our way to get married!

Wow, everytime we read about the history of something or somewhere while we're placing a cache, we find the names of all the same people over and over. For example, we found a Terra Girl cache a couple of weeks ago that was about Jebediah Smith (GCWHX0) Reading the history of Hesperia, his name pops up, as do many names from our San Gabriel Valley area. (visit link)

As it is today, Hesperia became known in the 1950”s for it’s affordable land (lots usually sold in increments of $50 each), which attracted many investors and the average dreamer wanting to invest in land. It wasn’t until 1988, when voters approved incorporation and the City of Hesperia was born. The first City Council consisted of founding fathers Percy Bakker, George Beardsley, Bruce Kitchen, Howard Roth and Val Shearer.

Having celebrated fifteen years as a City, Hesperia has faced many challenges such as flooding, deteriorating streets and a small tax base. But throughout the “growing pains” of early cityhood, the residents have continued to show a strong civic pride and community involvement that makes it unique in the High Desert. It is, in fact, during times of adversity that they demonstrate the spirit that carried their forefathers across the Mojave Desert to the place they call home.

KILLER MUGGLE AREA! Please be stealthy or bring 5 people to hang around you while you retrieve cache.

Cache is log only, please bring pen/pencil.

Cache On!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur Fha vf hc!

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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