Legend of Old Greenboro Traditional Cache

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isht kinta: Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived. Per the geocaching guidelines, geocaches archived for lack of maintenance response cannot be unarchived.

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Hidden : 11/11/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a camo small micro container. It may require some bushwacking depends if it has been bulldozed lately or the season.

Greensboro was originally the county seat of Choctaw County. Choctaw County was formed from territory acquired in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1833. At that time it was a much larger county taking in what is now all of Webster County, and the eastern part of Montgomery County and a small portion of Grenada County.

The town of Greensboro, which was centrally located and Choctaw count was inhabited by settlers primarily from Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

The temporary courthouse and log jail were replaced in 1839 by a brick courthouse and jail. This courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1865 supposedly by an arsonist. Almost all of the early records were destroyed in the fire.

Greensboro had the reputation of a rough and lawless town, many notorious criminals and murders were located there. John a Murell, a famed outlaw of the Natchez trace was tried and convicted of horse stealing but on being transported to Columbus ms for incarceration he killed his guard and escaped.

The Edwards-grey feud, which grew out of settlement of the estate of Edward d Edwards Jr. exploded in 1861 three grey brothers, William, James, and Robert brothers of Mrs. Mary Edwards, widow of the deceased shot and killed judge Edward d Edwards sr. and his son Luther Edwards. They grey brothers were jailed where a mob stormed the jail shooting two and hanging the third.

Two brothers w.f. Brantley and Arnold Brantley were both killed in the vicinity. Arnold Brantley was killed in Winona in 1880. his murderers escaped. Gen. W.f. Brantley was ambushed riding from Winona to Greensboro, by a group believed to have been the killers of an older Brantley brother in Texas.

In 1872 the county seat was moved from Greensboro to LaGrange in 1874 Sumner County was formed and Greensboro again became a county seat, but this only lasted until 1876 when it was moved to Walthall. Greensboro, which had already begun to deteriorate, rapidly declined.

Today the only sign left of its existence is the old Greensboro cemetery. click this link to view the Lengend Of Old Greensboro which is supposedly haunted.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unatvat ol n fgevat ba n gerr

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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