Thirteen Bridges, Daddys Creek Crossing 5 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/9/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This Cache is a neon orange waterproof matchholder. Please put cache back exactly as you found it.

Thirteen Bridges
Daddys Creek stretches app 47 miles and crosses the road 13 times through Cumberland County, from the Grapevine community to the Devils Breakfast Table in the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area.
There is a cache near the start of the creek, and at or near every crossing except the first one, on private property, where the creek crosses 1-40, and the last one, as it is on a State Wildlife Management Area, and Part of the Obed Wild and Scenic River.
The caches increase in size as does the creek.

Article from J.W. Dorton in the Crossville Times 05/26/1887.
Back in the early settlement of Tennessee 2 travelers were crosssing the mountain in the vicinity of these 2 streams. They evidently husband and wife, as they were quarrelling violently and treating each other with that disrespect charisteric of long continued marrige.
As they reached the bank of the 1st mentioned stream, both dismounted. As the horses were watering, the husband, whose patience seemed to be worn out, seized his loving partner tenderly by the nap of the neck and administrated to her a sound cuffing. He then named the stream Daddys Creek in honor of this event.
They then continued the journey, still slinging adjectives and invisible skillets and broomsticks at each other. The second stream was reached, where they again dismounted so the horses could drink.
While standing on the bank of the stream, the old lady picked up a large tree limb and dealt her loyal consort a rattling blow to the head that streached him out. She then administered a few kicks and cuffs upon his recumbent person, and triumphantly named the stream Mammy’s Creek.

If they were traveling west I can understand what they were fighting about. Mammys Creek is East of Daddys Creek by several miles!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

hcfgernz thneq

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)


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