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Hidden : 7/3/2008
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Pilot friendly, Trucker friendly cache. Plenty of parking and easy turn around.

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Now nearly a ghost town, Beaumont was established as a railroad town in 1885. Edwin Russell established the historic Beaumont Hotel in the beautiful scenic Flint Hills of Kansas in 1879. It was first used as a stagecoach station and stopping place for travelers from Fredonia and Wichita. The Beaumont Hotel, then known, as the Summit Hotel, was the highest point on the Frisco Line from Ellsworth, Kansas to St. Louis. Guests included cattle barons from Texas and Oklahoma and the elite of the Frisco Railroad. It was used as headquarters for those who shipped or brought cattle in to fatten. While the cattle barons and ranchers stayed in the hotel, the cowboys camped outside. Mr. J. C. Squier bought the hotel in 1953. He added running water and heat, and removed the old rope ladders used for fire escapes. For the convenience of cattle buyers, a grass airstrip was put in for planes to taxi up the street and park south of the hotel. The hotel was completely renovated in 2001.

You might want to rethink those night hunts. This hotel is said to be haunted and is listed in the Haunted Hotels Directory. You should stop in and ask them about it and get something to eat and/or drink in the 50's style cafe while you're in town. The food is great!

Be sure to check out the virtual nearby. The Old Frisco Water Tower, built in 1885, stands across from the hotel and is the only one still in use in the United States.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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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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