Twin Falls Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/1/2008
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache will take you to one of my favorite places. It's one of the best kept secrets of Valley Falls. It's just outside the Park's boundry but people still find it.



The Tygart Valley is full of history, much of it lost. Valley Falls was a thriving community until the flood of 1888. About two miles downstream is the ghost town of Hammond. It was formerly known as Nuzum's Mill and was settled in 1800. It was a community built around a brickworks. The brickworks were destroyed by fire in 1952 and were never rebuilt. The town slowly declined until the property was bought by the Southern Ohio Coal Company in 1972. The remains of the brickworks and the town were razed by the coal company. All that remains today are piles of bricks and some walls that are slowly being taken over by the forest. The first stream you come to when you head downstream from Valley Falls is Glady Creek. It flows into and out of Rock Lake. There is a waterfall that is beautiful when the water is flowing. The best time to see it is in the Spring or after a good rain. It tends to dry up in the summer. Below the waterfall is a railroad trestle built in 1852 from hand cut sandstone quarried in the Valley Falls and Hammond area. Trains are still going over this trestle over 150 years later. To get to the waterfall, go to the large parking area to the right when you come down the hill into Valley Falls State Park. At the end of the parking lot there is a trailhead for the Rhododendron Trail. This trail was once part of the Middletown-Wheeling Turnpike. A stagecoach carried mail and passengers from Valley Falls/Nuzum’s Mill (later Hammond) to Middletown. It’s a .9 mile walk from the trailhead to the waterfall. There’s not much elevation change in the trail. Follow the trail until it forks. There will be a sign pointing to the right. Go left on the smaller trail and continue going in the same direction as the railroad tracks below. The trail will branch again, take another left. As you approach Glady Creek, you will head downhill past rhododendron. You should be hearing the falls if they are running. As you go down the hill, you’ll see a wall made of yellow bricks from Hammond heading toward the creek. There is a circular pit made of yellow brick on the other side of the creek. I don’t know what it was used for. The cache doesn’t require you to cross the creek. It was very high when I placed the cache and the fall was booming. I’ve never seen it that high before. It’s an easy hike except for a short steep part at the end. If you want to do some more exploring, Hammond is another half mile downstream. Reception will probably be bad because of the rock and rhododendron. I used an average of 50 readings with a Garmin Legend HCX showing around 20' accuracy. Please make sure the cache is well hidden before you leave. This area isn’t well known but it does get it’s share of visitors. Note: The Park closes at dark. They are serious about that.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Evtug fvqr bs gur perrx, haqre n ebpx.

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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