Sagamore Cemetery Multi-Cache
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Enjoy a historical walk through The Sagamore Cemetery.
For this 6 stage multi you will need a calculator, paper and a pencil.(there is math) You will take a walk through Bourne's history in the cemetery.
Permission has been granted by the caretakers of the cemetery for this multi. All they ask is that you enjoy the cemetery and CITO (cache in trash out)
the final is a micro (well hidden)
For all waypoints: (The coordinates above are correct)
add the age the person to the last 3 digits of the northern coordinates.
and subtract the age from the last 3 digits of the west coordinates.
example: if the person was 66 when they died
N41 46.000 = N41 46.066
W070 32.999 = W070 32.933
Stage #1
My family was once the largest private employer on Cape Cod. We had approximately 1200 employees at our companys peak. Our company gave Sagamore much of it's identity during the period 1867-1928.
Stage #2
I protested the moving of my family cemetery from Bournedale (the section now occupied by the canal.) I actually stopped the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in 1909. The Boston Sunday Post called me "An obstinate and determined Cape Codder". Many members of my family were buried there, and now they are here with me.
Stage #3
My husband was a sea captain during the mid 1800's. I wrote one of the longest treatises to be found on Cape Cod. It is also one of the most romantic and touching. When my husband died in the South Pacific I navigated his ship "Challager" safely to port at the age of 22.
Stage #4
I was banished during the revolutionary war as a tory. My citizenship was restored by the legislature in 1788. My father was a sea captain and a town is named after my son, I have a building named after me.
Stage #5
I was on a ship who's captain was Russell Gibbs (also buried here) when it encountered a blockade on the Potomac River. It was boarded by the U.S. Navy. I was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth, the man that killed Abraham Lincoln. The Captain thinking quickly suggested that the naval officer look at my well hardened and callused hands of a sailor, not those of an actor.
I would like to thank the caretakers of the cemetery for allowing this hide and the walk through our towns past.
Additional Hints
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2. Rzbel
3. Erorppn
4. Wbuanguna
5. Fgvyyzna
6. srapr cbfg