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Hidden : 8/15/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Should be a park and grab...........................This is part of My Fifty State Caches series. See bookmark for others......................................................CONGRATS shirconn & garagedude FTF!!!

LUDLOW is an irregularly outlined town, bounded north by Plymouth, east by Cavendish and Chester, south by Andover and Weston, and West by Mt. Holley, in Rutland county.
In surface, the town is diversified and pleasing. Upon the west it is bordered by the Green Mountains, containing within its limits the eastern declivity of a lofty summit known as the Center Mountain. In the eastern part is a lofty range of serpentine, containing the harder varieties of asbestos, talc and hornstone, and once, undoubtedly, formed the eastern barrier of a large body of water, whose waves rolled over the central part of Ludlow and all that portion of Plymouth extending from the line of Ludlow to the source of Black river. That such a collection of water once existed, and that it was drained by the wearing away of the serpentine range through a long course of years, is evident from traces of the action of water upon the rocks, many feet above their present level in the bed of the stream, and from the successive tiers of alluvial table-lands, which, at different heights, and successively increasing distances from the river, now furnish the most fertile land in the town. In the southern part of the village is a curious elevation of earth, whose formation can only be accounted for by supposing that at this point two streams once mingled their waters in the lake, forming an eddy, and depositing the gravel and soil which the autumn and spring rains would loosen from the surrounding hills. And, in fact, the conformation of the country about shows that once a stream came from the northwest, in what is now the channel of Black river, and another from the south between Center and South mountains and Bear hill in what is now the channel of Jewell brook, and mingled their waters at this point. This elevation, called the Hogback, is about seventy-five feet in height, forty rods in length from east to west, and with just thickness enough from north to south to admit a narrow foot-path upon its summit, and as steep as the earth and stones will lie, while on every side it stands perfectly detached from the neighboring hills, and surrounded by alluvial flats. Its composition is earth, pebbles, and small stones, all rounded evidently by the action of water, and without any of the angular points and sharp corners found on stones freshly detached from their native ledge, and arranged in regular strata consisting of alternate layers of earth, sand and pebbles, dipping at an angle corresponding with the sides of the hill. Below Cavendish village, in Cavendish, three miles below the point where the serpentine range crosses the stream, is another of these rocky barriers, which once dammed up the waters of Black river. The water has there worn its bed an hundred feet deep through cliffs of mica slate, for nearly a mile, leaving traces of its tremendous effort in the large and disjointed masses of rock and the rugged and overhanging cliffs which present themselves upon both sides of its channel throughout the whole course. Again, commencing at the head of the present rapids and passing off southerly through a portion of Chester into Springfield, through what is known as the gulf road, to the latter town, are traces of the ancient bed of the river, consisting of cliffs and large masses of stone, worn deep in various places, and presenting large and numerous cavities, evidently the result of the action of pebbles whirled by the eddies of the stream. The highest of the table-lands in Ludlow, of which there are three elevations, was undoubtedly formed by the lake while in its original form; and the successive disruptions of the serpentine range, before mentioned, and the barrier at the head of Cavendish falls, would easily account for the formation of the two lower tiers.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

abg ba serrjnl

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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