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Heminger City + Enterprise = West Richland 1960 Multi-Cache

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tumbleweed2: Time for this one to go. The first 2 stages were problematic from the start, and now the final area has overgrown with lots of thorny plants. Bye Bye Enterprise/Heminger City.

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Hidden : 12/27/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Another nice Neighborhood Park, Enterprise Park, in West Richland, WA

Heminger City and Enterprise were 2 small towns that occupied the location of the current town of West Richland, situated just West of Richland, along the Yakima River.

In 1960, after a bit of controversy over which name to use, the two towns merged and took the name of West Richland instead.

Click here for a History of West Richland, including Heminger City and Enterprise

The local paper just posted this piece of history from This Day: Feb 16, 1954
Carl Heminger is preparing to move out of town again. When the citizens of Enterprise voted to use that name instead of Heminger City, Carl packed up and moved down the road apiece where he started a second Heminger City. Then the residents voted to name the place West Richland.

2 stage Multi.
At stage 1, the overhead power lines play a bit of havoc with the coords, but it is in the middle of the middle one.



The final is in the Eastern end of the park.

Since stage 1 keeps going missing, here are the coordinates for the final, until I can figure out a muggle proof stage 1 spot. (Final Location) N 46° 16.276 W 119° 20.896

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1--svyz pna, pragre bs pragre bar Svany, ovfba, ernq gur "pnhgvba" fvta

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)