Bellevue Fontenelle Bank Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/12/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Can be reached without going on private property.

The bank is from 1856. It claims credit to be the oldest commercial public building in Nebraska. It was the first bank granted the right to circulate and issue money in the Nebraska Territory. It failed during the Financial Panic of 1857. The building was used as a courthouse, jail, opera house, and dance house. When the county seat moved to Papillion in 1875 the city of Bellevue used a portion of the building as city hall. The city purchased the building in 1925. When a new City Hall was built in 1959, the building no longer was considered as important and was nearly torn down. It was sold to private business and had several shops inside. The city purchased the building back as a historic landmark in 1972. The original vault has been with the bank all this time. Other parts of the bank has been restored to take us back in time to the beginning.

In 1969 this rare structure was entered in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1972, with the aid of a grant for historic preservation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development the building was purchased and later restored by the City of Bellevue.

In the history of Nebraska, buildings such as this have given service as the transition has been made from frontier settlements to modern communities. It has been preserved as one of the earliest public buildings in the State of Nebraska.

Marker 163

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh ner ybbxvat sbe fbzrguvat fznyy.

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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