Andrew Johnson at the Mansion Letterbox Hybrid

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SmallAbe: Moving from this area for work reasons. There will always be a special place in our heart for this part of northeast Tennessee! I especially have enjoyed all the history in this place. Best wishes to all the area geocachers!

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Hidden : 5/2/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Hidden at a historic spot in downtown Greeneville. Beware of muggles. Please re-hide carefully so as not to disclose the cache location. Hint below is a spoiler--don't read it if you don't want to know! :)

(NOTE: Please DO NOT go on federal property--ie: the courthouse--to find this cache. Your GPSr is sending you to the wrong place if you're looking there!)

This hybrid geocache/letterbox (hidden with the knowledge of the good folks at the Dickson-Williams Mansion) celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Geocaching and the rich history of Greeneville. We just celebrated the bicentennials for Presidents Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, while 2011-2015 marks the Civil War Sesquicentennial. Here at the Dickson Williams Mansion are two Civil War Trails markers (the link (visit link) will take to them, and to others nearby).

“Confederate cavalry hero Gen. John Hunt Morgan spent the last night of his life in this Greeneville showplace built in 1821. He was ambushed and killed in the home’s garden Sept. 4, 1864. Much on the Civil War history during guided tours, including Morgan’s room with its original furnishings. The building was used by officers of both sides during the war.”

There’s a lot of other history at the Dickson-Williams Mansion as well. The guided tours are well worth the small fee; if memory serves, they are daily at 1PM -- inquire at the General Morgan Inn across the Mansion’s east lawn. A downtown walking tour highlights other Greeneville history.

Nearby is the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. Johnson visited the Dickson-Williams Mansion in real life, not just as a hybrid geocache/letterbox!

SmallAbe had the pleasure of using the Dickson-Williams Mansion as the site for two films during the Lincoln Bicentennial -- it’s still a place of hospitality almost 190 years after it was originally built!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

crgf gfevs erqah

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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