August W Kutzky Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/3/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

An easy access cache friendly for all seasons. Parking close by in Kutzky Park. Small round mint tin big enough to hold geocoins. Please make notice where you remove the cache from and return it exactly as found to help keep it dry.

August W. Kutzky
Did you ever wonder who the Kutzky was in Kutzky Park? While Kutzky will never have the same prominence in Rochester as Mayo or Plummer, Mr. August W. Kutzky was a well known early settler of Rochester.

August Kutzky was born on May 28th, 1855 in Schloppe, Germany to Fredericka and Frederick Kutzky and was brought to the United States when he was eight weeks old. After six months in Geneva, Illinois, the family moved to Olmsted County and farmed in Cascade township. Thirteen years later, the family sold their land and moved to Greenwood Prairie, where for the next three years they operated a saloon and dance hall.

On June 10th, 1880, August married Bertha Stephan where a heavy rainstorm kept everyone but their immediate families from attending the wedding. In 1887, the couple moved to Rochester and for a time lived at 205 N. Broadway. During these years, August Kutzky was employed as an agent for the Davis Sewing Machine Company and then became a salesman and machine expert for D. H. Williams. Mr. Kutzky soon began buying land in and around what is now known as Kutzky Park. In May 1898, he bought lots in what was then known as McCullough's addition, and built a house and barn on the west side of the addition. The house was at 724 W 5th (now W. Center). In March 1899, he bought 90 acres of land, west of 11th Ave. and north of St. Mary's Hospital, and the lots were named Kutzky's Addition. The family moved in 1914 to a new house at 718 W. Center. In 1927, he donated 51 acres, north of Kutzky's Addition, to the city for use as a park.

Bertha and August had two sons who died at an early age. August Kutzky died of bronchopneumonia in July 1948 at the age of 93. August and Bertha had been married for 68 years!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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