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Tracking Town Branch Multi-Cache

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DeeWhoa: With this area changing so much, a new cache would be better once the construction ends. Thanks to all who visited.

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Hidden : 9/2/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Yep, another historical marker and a little math to get the smiley.

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.

  1. What year was Lexington established?
  2. What year was Edward West's steamboat lauched on Town Branch?
  3. What decade was the underground channel built to prevent floods?
  4. What year was the historical marker placed, found in the lower left corner?
  5. 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.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

nyvpr pbbcre

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)