Ballard Creek on the Trail of Tears Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Chuck Walla: Hello Fluffy & Friedrick,

Geocaching HQ flagged this cache as one that may need attention and sent you an email about it. Some time after that, I disabled your cache and requested that you check on your cache and perform any necessary maintenance. Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache by posting a note to your cache page to tell me and others of your intention to address the issue with it, the cache has been archived at the direction of Geocaching HQ.

Sincerely,

Chuck Walla
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Geocaching.com

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Hidden : 9/12/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Magnetic silver waterproof container, about twice as long as a film canister.

Ballard Creek, for at least 10 years it has been carrying too much phosphorous from about 15,000 acres of mostly farmland, before it winds its way across the state line. Fluffy went to the U.S. Supreme Court a long time ago, and the justices ruled that such creeks must be cleaner than this when they reach the state line. We placed this cache on the National Park Service Trail of Tears commemorative to the Cherokee Removal because this summer, Cherokee bike riders retraced the Trail of Tears from its origin in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina. Fluffy's ancestors in 1838-1839 wrote about being in the concentration camp before coming to settle in what we usually think of as Adair County, Oklahoma. Friedrick's ancestors were on the Trail of Tears too. About 3/4 of those on the forced march survived, including our great-great grannies. But for that we'd have never met.

Park nearby and you can approach the cache two ways.. a short climb up steep terrain or a little longer walk on pavement. Its a childproof lock-top container just twice as long as a film canister, stocked with these token supersmall mini-prizes for th First to Find: Indian Territory button, Wolf, Dancing Lady (Cuban? Dominican?) and Wombat.

Congratulations to NWArkies for FTF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs 1926 vf yrsg oruvaq, lbh pna obo qbja nve guvf pnpur gb svaq.

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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