Indigo Letterbox Hybrid

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

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Indigo Geocache / Letterbox Hybrid


Congratulations to tybeany on the First To Find!

This should be an easy find, but it's well hidden. You can park at N 32 01.975 W080 59.567, the sign at the head of the trail is a bit unusual but harmless unless you plan on using a dirt bike ;) Or you can park at GC22525 and walk the trail and grab several other caches along the trail. This box contains a Letterbox stamp, please do not trade the stamp, it must remain. This is a great area to hike, bike or just stroll on miles of paved or leaf covered dirt trails, bring the kids and the dog, they will enjoy the woods and the fresh air plus the area is loaded with geocaches.

Some History on this Area


Indigo “The Devil’s Dye”, In the early days this area was used as a plantation area for indigo. Indigo was used for making dyes. Consumers' demand for exotic fashion fueled the expansion of indigo cultivation, but at a substantial human price. Slaves cultivated indigo, processed into dye, and then dyed fabrics an amazing shade of blue. With the end of the British bounty to North American indigo growers and Britain's switch to Indian indigo, indigo prices collapsed. Additional competition was posed by high-quality French and Guatemalan indigo, which could be harvested up to five times a year (in contrast to a maximum of three harvests in North America.) Natural obstacles arose, as well. Efforts by Mississippi planters to expand the indigo frontier (1790-1794) were thwarted by grasshoppers. The indigo fields of northeastern Florida and coastal Georgia were repeatedly decimated by hurricanes in the early 1800s. With the invention of the cotton gin, which enabled planters to make greater profits in cotton, indigo fields were replaced with cotton. Other planters turned to corn, which was much easier to cultivate. By 1800, commercial indigo production in the southern United States had virtually vanished.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abar arrqrq

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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