In the early days of Lexington, the city was centered around
Town Branch and as the city grew, it was literally built on top of
Town Branch itself. It is hard to believe this when you walk around
the downtown area. If you look hard enough, you can find Town
Branch in the downtown area.
To find the cache, you must use the information on Town Branch
that is supplied on the historical marker, found at the given
coordinates.
- What year was Lexington established?
- What year was Edward West's steamboat lauched on Town
Branch?
- What decade was the underground channel built to prevent
floods?
- What year was the historical marker placed, found in the lower
left corner?
- What is the historical marker number, found in the lower right
corner?
The final coordinates are the following:
| |
N |
38° |
03.ABC |
| |
W |
084° |
30.DEF |
NOTE: References to the
position of any digit goes from left to right.
- A is the difference between last digit of the answer to #4 and
the second digit of the answer to #5.
- B is the difference between the third digit of the answer to #1
and the third digit of the answer to #4.
- C is the sum of the last digit of the answer to #2 and the
second digit of the answer to #5.
- D is the difference between the last digit of the answer to #4
and the third digit of the answer to #3.
- E is the sum of the third digit of the answer to #5 and the
last digit of the answer to #2.
- F is the sum of the last digit of the answer to #4 and the
third digit of the answer to #3.
Checksum of A through F
(A+B+C+D+E+F) is 29.
The cache is a camouflaged tube with room for trade items. As
always, bring your own writing instrument. This is a new type of
container, and I am unsure that it will hold up. Please let me know
you observe problems with the container.
This cache placed and maintained by a Geocky member.