Emporia's Traveler Mansion Traditional Cache
Emporia's Traveler Mansion
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Because Emporia lacked an "official" travel bug hotel, rest stop,
or other centralized exchange location, we asked our new neighbors
if we could put one at the edge of their memorable property. It's a
beautiful home that we loved to look at whenever we drove through
town and we like having an excuse to suggest others see it as
well.
This neo-classical home was built between 1915 and 1917 by
contractor Henry Kempher for the Albert and Mary Gufler family.
Albert was known for his contributions to Emporia such as helping
secure pavement for the commercial district and Hwy. 50 through
Lyon County, bringing water purification to the area, and holding
positions of authority in the Red Cross, Citizens National Bank,
the Rotary Club, and the Emporia Chamber of Commerce as its first
president.
Then-future president Herbert Hoover was a guest of the family,
staying in one of the 8 bedrooms in this 7,453 sq. ft. 3-story.
This mansion later became home to the TKE fraternity who added
their motto to the fireplace and a kitchen and huge
locker-room-style bathroom to the basement.
As for the cache itself, it's a nice spacious 423.5 cubic inch
50-cal ammo can we won at the Topeka Local Area Meet and Eat. Your
travel bugs and Geocoins will enjoy a lovely view of both this
mansion and its former carriage house and can say they visited
where a president slept. More active TBs who roam around after
sunset might enjoy the pool, the upstairs ballroom, and the cozy
solarium where Mr. Guffler grew his citrus trees, but they should
watch out for the current owners' housepet. ;)
You won't even need to disturb a single blade of grass or other
living plant during retrieval as the homeowners showed us the
perfect thing to retrofit; it's not a mailbox, it can practically
be seen on satellite, and it shows up well on Google Street View.
In other words, it's a few steps from available curbside parking on
the east side of West Street, so please respect the owners'
property and privacy.
For the FTF, we've enclosed a way to show off that number-oneness
at the next frat-house quarters game; quite befitting one chapter
in this location's history.
Rated at H11112 difficulty on
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va n fdhner haqre n fdhner; cniref nera'g cynagf ohg guvf bar pna or fyvq bhggn gur jnl. [Now you don't even need GPS technology, do ya?]
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