Willow Creek Slide Historical Site Traditional Cache
Hidden : 11/4/2007
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to another Idaho Historical Site!

A spectacular avalance , Feb 10, 1903 swept away part of a trestle 300 feet high that let northern pacific railway trains decend from this pass since 1890. Visit the cache to learn more about the story of the survivors.



On February 10, 1903, betwen Saltese, Montana, and Wallace, Idaho, one Northern Pacific rotary met the full onslaught of the winter snows. A breakdown had trapped them in the deep snow and the crew worked by hand to dig out the train. Inching their way along the tracks in the middle of the night, they halted the train at the “S” Bridge, an 839 foot sinuous trestle on the Coeur d’ Alene branch about 7 miles from Mullan ID, that offered them respite while the snow accumulated in the gulch. A pusher engine and a caboose were left in the open while the remainder rested on solid ground. At seven in the morning a massive snowslide raced down the gulch and ripped out a portion of the bridge. The rear engine and the caboose plunged into the gorge, burying the engine in the deep snow while the caboose and its seven sleeping occupants lay shattered on top. A passenger car, with eight aboard, hung off the end of the broken trestle, dangling from the coupler. Although no-one was killed, it took doctors eleven hours to get the shocked and dazed survivors to the hospital at Wallace.

Cache is well camoed peanut jar. Please hide well so cache stays here! Cache is located on the Eastbound side of I-90. Please only attempt it from this side! Lots of parking (off the highway) and places to run aound and stretch your legs!

We found an interesting tree/rock formation directly behind the cache in the woods. Follow the sound of the water towards the mountain and see the tree joined with rock! Not to mention the nice stream and waterfall depending on season.

This cache may be hard to get to, if not impossible in snow.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ERNYYL ovt ebpx!

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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