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Congaree River Esplanade Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/21/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

You will be looking for a micro hidden at the coords you decipher from the questions below. The above coordinates will take you to the South Carolina State House; the cache is NOT hidden here!. Stealth will be a must. Hours for hunting are from 6am to 9pm.

You must answer these questions to obtain the coordinates for this cache:

N A B . B B . C D D

W 0 E E . F G . H H I

A: Segregation of young boys from older inmates at the State Penitentiary happened in this year 189 __.

B: The number of convicts the original state penitentary was designed to hold. ____ _____ _____ use all three numbers in order.

C: The prison hospital was constructed in what year? 19__5

D: A fire destroyed 1/3 of the prison in what year? 19 ___ ___ use both numbers in order.

E: Commissioner Leeke received American Correctional Association's E. R. Cass Award in what year? 19 ____ ____ use both numbers in order

F: Corrections museum opened in old Death House in what year? 199___

G: April 17, 1995, a disturbance occurred at Broad River Correctional Institution - 5 officers were injured and ____ non-security personnel were taken hostage. After 11 hours of negotiation, the hostages were released unharmed.

H: For the first time, the fiscal year-end jurisdiction count reached over 20,000 inmates - 2____,____62 on June 30, 1996 use numbers in order.

I: The Central Correctional Institution (CCI), the original State Penitentiary, closed after ___27 years of operations.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh ner ng gur fgngr ubhfr lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq ernq gur pnpur cntr

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)