Maryland Municipal League Geotrail Havre de Grace Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/31/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The Maryland Municipal League Geocache Trail
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
MML District 10

The printed MML Passport is no longer available. However, you may download a copy from the MML website here.

The trail consists of 11 MML Districts (regions).
The MML Geocache Trail project will launch January 1, 2009 with 78 participating cities and towns. A trackable geo coin will be given to the first 500 geocachers as an incentive for locating at least 2 municipal caches in each of the 11 districts. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must pick up a Passport at any of the designated county visitor centers. Geocachers must use the stamp in the cache on their Passports and write down the cache code word listed in each cache. After at least two municipal caches in each district are discovered, geocachers may return to one of the county visitor centers and have their Passports validated to receive their collectable coin.

For a complete list of participating visitor centers visit the MML web site at http://www.mdmunicipal.org/mmlhome/index.cfm or MGS web site at www.mdgps.org.






Havre de Grace, MD

Offering the authentic Chesapeake Bay experience, historic Havre de Grace is as inviting as it is beautiful. Bird watch from our boardwalk promenade along the pristine Susquehanna River and the Bay where you will find the world renowned Decoy Museum, the Concord Point Lighthouse, Susquehanna Lock House Museum, and the Bay’s last working skipjack, the Martha Lewis. The State of Maryland has recently designated the City of Havre de Grace an Arts and Entertainment District.

Did You Know…?
The City of Havre de Grace was just 1 vote away from being named the capital of the United States of America.

Before the city was named Havre de Grace, it was called Susquehanna Lower Ferry.

Havre de Grace was named by the Marquis de Lafayette because it reminded him of Le Havre, France. The name in French means: Harbor of Grace or Harbor of Mercy.

In 1813, the City of Havre de Grace was burned to the ground by the British.

Built in 1827, the Concord Point Lighthouse is the oldest continuously operated lighthouse in the state of Maryland.

The Skipjack Martha Lewis is one of the last remaining working dredge boats that make up the Chesapeake Bay oyster fleet.

The Havre de Grace Race Track was the place to be to see the finest horses in the racing industry. Man O' War, Extermination, Equipoise, War Admiral, Discovery, Citation and Sea Biscuit were among the best to grace the track.

During the days of Prohibition, Havre de Grace had the nickname of Little Chicago.

By the time it meets the Chesapeake Bay here in Havre de Grace, the Susquehanna River has flowed 444 miles.


Visit www.hdgtourism.com to find out all you need to know about Havre de Grace. Thanks for visiting our city!


Thanks to the Lighthouse Trolls for helping with this hide!






Thanks to the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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