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Fountain Tour - Northland Fountain Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/3/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Kansas City ranks second in the world in number of fountains erected in the city. Only Rome, Italy, has more. This is one in the series of fountain caches honoring this distinction.

Be sure to stop and visit the War Memorial along the path to this fountain, which is the first Kansas City fountain to be erected north of the Missouri River. In 1980 the city purchased 8 acres for the parkland. A committee of Northlanders led fundraising efforts of businesses, school children and church groups to raise the $250,000 necessary to build the fountain. They then determined to have a year-round fountain and contacted the Hydrel Company of Sun Valley, California that had made a similar fountain for the city of Stuttgart, Germany. The fountain was dedicated on June 21, 1983. It is composed of an 80 diameter circular reflecting pool, equipped with multiple water jets. The highlight of the fountain is its central geyser that can propel water to a height of 35 feet, where it breaks into a fine mist of tiny droplets. An inner circle of jets surrounds the central spout and sprays water away from the center at a height of 10 feet. An outer circle casts its arching water towards the center where it meets the spray from the inner jets. In the winter, the fountain looks like a giant snowball. The park where the fountain sits was named for Anita Gorman, Northland resident, past president of the Park Board and one of the fundraisers for the fountain.

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)