MnSQ #5 - To Our Fallen Heroes Mystery Cache
MnSQ #5 - To Our Fallen Heroes
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Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Becker County and Detroit Township. It was established 24 April 1874 with approx. 40 acres. The Becker County Genealogical Society provides an alternative name for this cemetery as Parke; however, there was no other source that confirmed the use of this alternative name. Please follow all cemetery rules posted at the gates.
The listed coordinates will bring you to the starting point of this cache series. From here, answer the questions to each of the next stages to find the final cache. Bring your thinking cap, paper, pencil, calculator, whatever you need as there is plenty of easy math to do. The physical cache is located nearby. The stages for this series will bring you kitty corner across the cemetery and back again. You can walk or drive to the stages, roughly a ¾ mile easy walk with lots of interesting history in between. Driving this series should only take you about 20 - 30 minutes to solve this mystery. There are hints listed to assist you in getting the correct markers throughout the stages. You will have to figure them out also. Once close to a marker the hints should be self explanatory. Please RESPECT any services taking place. “Minnesota SPIRIT QUEST” The MnSQ is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us. There are hundreds of cemeteries in the communities and rural areas across Minnesota. This series will introduce you to our second of hopefully many. The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones. NIGHT CACHING – Visiting MnSQ cemeteries from Dusk to Dawn is forbidden and we note that on the cache page. We delete find logs that indicate night caching. We disturb nothing, trash out non-decorative items and do not move or take rubbings of tombstones. We strictly obey all posted cemetery regulations. Now onward To Our second Mega Mystery Spirit Quest STAGE ONE – To Our Fallen Heroes Monument Find the dates on the “To Our Fallen Heroes monument”. Use the 2nd digit of the third year for the 1st number in the NORTH coordinate. Add the 3rd & 4th digits of the first year together for your 2nd number. Use the 3rd digit of the 2nd year for your final number. Take the year the monument was erected and subtract 1881. This gives you the last 2 numbers in the WEST coordinate. N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ STAGE TWO This Veteran is “Lady’s” father. What day did this fallen hero pass away? This will be the first number in the NORTH coordinate. Use the first number in the birth year for your second number. Use the birth day minus 1 for the last number. There are four like numbers on this marker. Use this number for the first two digits in your WEST coordinate. Subtract birthday from passing day for the 3rd digit. N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 50.___ ___ ___ STAGE THREE For the next NORTH coordinate add 54 to the last three digits of this stages NORTH Coordinate. What number is the loneliest number? This is your first digit in the WEST coordinate. What is the number assigned to the famous British Secret Service Agent in the movies, minus 2? This will be the last three numbers. N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 5___.___ ___ ___ STAGE FOUR This Veteran is “Tramp’s” Grandpa. Take the last three digits of the birth year, subtract 100 and add the World War number this veteran was in. This will give you the last three numbers for the NORTH coordinate. Add 200 to the last three digits of the west coordinate from stage 3 to obtain the last three digits of the west coordinate for this stage. (Hint - Remember the war this veteran served in ____ you may need it again!) N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ STAGE FIVE Multiply the West “degree” by 9, then substract 2 to obtain the new North coordinate. To get the West coordinate, multiply the Co. # by six and subtract 1. (Hint - Remember this company number_____ you may need it again!) N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ STAGE SIX Did you remember COPRL Woods Company Number? Add this company number to the last 3 digits of the NORTH coordinate plus 2 for your next NORTH Coordinate. Add the two numbers of the Infantry this veteran served in together. Add this number to the 2nd digit in the infantry. Add this total to the last three digits of the WEST coordinate to obtain the new WEST coordinate. N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ STAGE SEVEN Multiply the company number by 4. This will give you the first number in the NORTH coordinate. Company number multiplied by two for the second number. Company number multiplied by 1 for the third number. Multiply the company number by 105 and subtract 3. This will equal your WEST coordinate. N 46 49.___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ STAGE EIGHT Add 943 to the number of names at this location. This will give you the last 3 digits of the NORTH coordinate to the final cache. Total the Veterans’ grave markers visited on this quest and add 131. This is the last 3 digits of the West coordinates to the final cache. N 46 49. ___ ___ ___ W 095 51.___ ___ ___ You’re Off To The Final Cache Container
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Fgntr 2 – (Byr Vf Fubeg Sbe _ _ _ _ _)
Fgntr 3 – (Byr’f Cny_ _ _ _ol)
Fgntr 4 – (Angvbany _ _ _ _ _)
Fgntr 5 – (Glcr bs Tbys Pyho_ _ _ _)
Fgntr 6 – (Fcbegf Onyy Znxre _ _ _ _ _ _)
Fgntr 7 – (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Gnax)
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