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Be There or be Oblong Multi-Cache

Hidden : 4/29/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a two stage multi where you will get information at the posted coordinates and use that information to find the final. (You'll do more driving than walking.)
Bring your own pencil to sign the log.

This cache will lead you to two points of interest in New York and Connecticut history. Over 200 years of controversy existed over land between the two (then) colonies.

Read more about the history:
Connecticut/New York Boundary History

Please note that although the cache is not on private property, it does come very close to private property. Please respect their privacy. You do not need to cross the posted Private Property signs.

At the above posted coordinates, find the following information from the plaque on a rock in front of the house. READ THIS PLAQUE CAREFULLY (especially for the first answer). You need:

The year the present building was erected: ABCD
The year the building was occupied as a hospital: EFGH
The year the meetings ceased: IJKL

Coordinates for the final are:
N 41° (H-C)(K-L).DCL
W 073° (C+D-G)(H-L-A).(F+I)(B-E)(J-L)

There is room to pull off just across the street from the cache.

Remember - please bring a pencil to sign the log.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvegl svir

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)