The Walker Line Traditional Cache
Panhandler: It is with much regret that I archive this cache. It has been quite popular and offered a bit of historical trivia that I feel many enjoyed. Unfortunately, it has been muggled and stolen several times and as we have moved from the area, I am unable to replace it easily. I would love for some local cacher to re-create it and welcome anyone so inclined to contact me.
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You’re looking for a small magnetic container. There is room for a log and possibly VERY small trade items only. Bring your own pen. Universal Gift Certificate for the lucky FTF!
This area is pretty busy six days a week, so mind the muggles and be discrete.
Hint is a spoiler, so don't decrypt it unless you must.
Even before our independence from England, the latitude of 36° 30’ was decreed by Royal Charter to be the border between the Virginia and North Carolina Colonies. In 1779, the new states of Virginia and North Carolina appointed a joint commission to extend this line of latitude west into the regions that would eventually become Kentucky and Tennessee. The two sets of emissaries disagreed early on and separated. Dr. Thomas Walker, of Albemarle County, Virginia, is credited (or blamed) for the line that was eventually adopted as the TN-KY boundary from the east end of their common border to the Tennessee River. By that point, the error (generally believed a result of incorrect allowance for the variation between magnetic and true north) had increased to 17 miles!
Kentucky and Tennessee disputed the territory between the Walker line and the true 36° 30’ latitude until 1820, when it was finally agreed that the boundary would follow the Walker Line east of the Tennessee River and the true latitude west of the Tennessee River. Even so, a lot of folks living in the disputed area weren’t certain which state they were actually in until a joint survey was accomplished in 1859.
The state line adopted in 1820 is almost 7 miles north of this spot. The purpose of this cache is to show folks where the state line would have been if Dr. Walker had been a better surveyor. Who knows… our little town might have become a border town like Kansas City or St. Louis. North Oneida, KY?
Additional Hints
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Guvf qrny vf fgevpgyl “haqre gur gnoyr”.
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