GC19802 LINKUMPINCH (Traditional Cache) in Kentucky, United States created by Bald,Tall,andRedheaded

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GC19802 ▼

A cache by Bald,Tall,andRedheaded Message this owner

Hidden : 2/9/2008

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is a cylinderical container covered in black, brown and camo tape. It contains a logbook and small trinkets. Plenty of parking is available.

This cache is located at a historical site near the KY-TN border. Sanford Duncan bought the property the cache is located in 1819. Since the site fronted the main road from Lexington KY (in those days more important than Louisville) to Nashville. Duncan built and operated a combination tavern/inn for travelers to refresh and spend the night.

The property is located within a triangle which forms Simpson County’s southern border with Tennessee. Local legend has it that when the surveying crew came through marking the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee, some local landowners wishing their land to be part of Kentucky convinced the crew (with a barrel of Kentucky sour mash) to jog the line so their land would be in Kentucky rather than Tennessee. At the time Kentucky had been admitted into the US and Tennessee had not.

This property was adjacent to an ancient dueling ground that sits now where the still operating drive-in theater is located southeast of the location of this cache. There were at least two famous duels held in this area which had the name of LINKUMPINCH. The location of the cache had a connection with both of these duels. General Sam Houston and General William White dueled with pistols at Linkumpinch on 28 September 1826. Both survived. Robert M. Brank killed C. M. Smith in the second duel in March of 1827. Tradition has it that Brank stayed at Duncan’s Inn the night before the duel. For his duel it is said that after practicing at the Hermitage, General Houston “retired to the farm of Sanford Duncan, near the Kentucky line, to polish off his training”. It is also said that the party that was to accompany Houston to the field slept at the Duncan House.

The house is usually open in the summer by the volunteers at the county archives. Enjoy your visit and be sure to visit the old graveyard behind the house

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zvtug or jnez nebhaq gur puvzarl.

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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