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Warrenton History Mystery Cache Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/27/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES!

Each question about Warrenton has an answer that can be found online. Once you find the answer, the number in parentheses next to the answer is the number you should write on the corresponding line below. When you have all of the numbers, they can be plugged into this:

N 46 09.ABC
W 123 55.DEF

Warrenton's ZIP code is

97103 (8)
97146 (6)
97149 (7)
97230 (9)


A=_____

Warrenton is named after

Sir Edward Warrenton (5)
John Jacob Warren (8)
Daniel Knight Warren (5)
Daniel Tosh Warren (6)


B=______

Warrenton was officially a city in

1869 (6)
1879 (8)
1889 (3)
1899 (4)


C=______

Warrenton consists of ______ of land

15.9 square miles (6)
16.2 square miles (8)
16.7 square miles (7)
17.1 square miles (9)


D=______

How many charter fishing boat ports does Warrenton have?

1 (2)
2 (3)
3 (3)
4 (9)


E=______

Warrenton is located in

Columbia County (9)
Clatsop County (1)
Tillamook County (2)
Pacific County (3)


F=______

A checksum test can be used. Adding all of the numbers should result in 26.

Plug the answers into this formula:

N 46 09.ABC
W 123 55.DEF


You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com

The cache container very closely resembles the "Traditional Cache" Logo. Please remember to close the cache all around the lid. Thanks!

Happy Caching!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur oebxra gerr gung vf fvqrjnlf, whfg bss gur Rnfg fvqr bs gur genvy. Vs lbh tb vagb gur oehfu lbh unir tbar gbb sne.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)