GC170TK White Plate Flat-tracker (Traditional Cache) in South Dakota, United States created by AIRJUDE AND FRQTFLYR

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GC170TK ▼

A cache by AIRJUDE AND FRQTFLYR Message this owner

Hidden : 10/28/2007

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Found in a local historical park in Sturgis. There is no need to disturb the monuments.

This park has two historical monuments. The first is the Pony Express monument for Charles Nolan. The second monument celebrates the White Plate Flat-Trackers.

The image of the Pony Express is of young riders galloping across the prairie. But hundreds of years ago when John Upson made his first run, he spent a lot of the riding time walking. It was April 1860, The Pony Express had a goal: deliver mail 1,966 miles between Missouri and California in less than 10 days. Today, ten days is very slow to deliver mail, but a hundred years ago ten days was very fast. Ships usually took months to cross oceans and coaches took at least 25 days to travel 1,000 miles. So a transportation company put out the call: "Wanted-young, skinny, wiry fellows, not over 20. Must be expert riders, and are willing to risk their lives for the job. Orphans preferred. Wages twenty five dollars a week." Company employees came up with a relay system. Each rider would travel 100 miles night and day, riders would stop every ten to twenty miles to change new horses. When a rider got to their home station, a new rider would take over. In all, there would be 190 stations along the Pony Express trail.

The White Plate Flat-Trackers Monument is dedicated to those individuals who began racing on dirt tracks in years past.

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)

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