FP Series #460 - Malakoff Man Multi-Cache

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drives: D was the correct answer. Interesting marker and nearby cemetery needed a cache, but this one wasn't ever really very good. Hope someone can use both locations for a couple of new ones.

Bye Felicia...
Baxter out

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Hidden : 11/15/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Four Hundred Sixtieth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Malakoff Man


Texas Historical Marker

The Malakoff Man

Texas State Historical Marker
 
SH 31 (south side of road) just west of intersection w/ SH 274, Henderson County, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32.146737, -96.095055
 
    A sandstone image of a human head-- carved by prehistoric men-- was found near here in 1929 by workmen of Texas Clay Products Company. It was dug from gravel pit now under Cedar Creek Lake. The carving weighed 98 pounds, was 16 by 14 inches, with eyes 2.5 inches wide. First stone was found at depth of 16.5 feet. Two similar images were unearthed in same area in 1935 and 1939. Archaeologists date Malakoff "Men" as many thousands of years old. Found near the images were fossil remains of extinct horse, elephant, camel species. Images now in Texas Memorial Museum.

Small, plastic cryo tube located at one of the following locations:
What is on the back side of the marker?
Dedication Plate   N32 08.842 W096 05.439
Graffiti   N32 08.823 W096 05.447
Ad Sticker   N32 08.258 W096 05.952
Nothing   N32 08.270 W096 05.042

 
Avoid the use of acronym only logs and cut 'n paste logs. You must sign the log to claim the find. No exceptions, no excuses. Blank logs may be deleted without notice.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Terra Snaavr?

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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