County Line - Shasta Mystery Cache
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The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates. They take you approximately to the county line. You must first figure out the puzzle to Shasta County to find the REAL coordinates. This is the next in my series of county line caches. Safe parking is available within walking distance of this little treasure and you might learn something too.
Over the past few years now I have traveled throughout the State with a new perspective. Not like I used to… before I would fly through little burgs and towns without taking a second look. I have always traveled for work but never took the time to “see” where I was going. I would hit a town do my work and go back to the hotel and sit in my room clicking the clicker until the wee hours of the morning.
Now, every new town I pass through is an awakening. I thrive on the new treasures I see… monuments I have whizzed by a hundred times in my life are now new nuggets of knowledge, vista points I passed without a blink are postcard images burned in my mind, and side streets of towns are secret treasures that only non tourists find. Geocaching has made me stop and smell the roses.
Hopefully, this little puzzle will help enlighten you on the County of Shasta and maybe make you “stop and smell the roses” too.
N 41° 04.ABC
A = The Anderson Branch Library for Shasta County is located: 3(A)00 West Center Street, Anderson, CA 96007.
B = Shasta County was one of the original counties of California, created in 18(B)0 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Siskiyou County in 1852, and to Tehama County in 1856.
C = Whiskeytown was settled by gold miners in 1849. The town was first called Whiskey Creek for the stream on which it was located, but later the name was changed to Whiskeytown. A barrel of whiskey lost off a pack mule christened the stream with the popular drink of that day. The town is inundated by Whiskeytown Reservoir. This spot is registered as California State Historical Landmark “NO. 13(C) WHISKEYTOWN”.
Checksum for North = 8
W 121° 20.DEF
D = The town of Cottonwood in Shasta County has a zip code of 9602(D).
E = The City of Redding is the County Seat for Shasta County and was incorporated on
October (E), 1887.
F = In 18(F)2 the railroad arrived from the south and built the first Shasta County railroad depot in Cottonwood.
Checksum for West = 13
I would like to thank patnanz for being my sponsor in the area for this cache.
Fun Tidbit of Additional Information:
The county was named after Mount Shasta; the name "Shasta" is derived from the English equivalent for the name of an Indian tribe that once lived in the area. The name of the tribe was spelled in various ways until the present version was used when the county was established. Originally Mt. Shasta was within the county, but it is now part of Siskiyou County, to the north. Its 14,179-foot (4,322 m) peak is visible throughout most of Shasta County.
As always, enjoy.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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