CJS - Tyaskin Park & Warf Mystery Cache

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CAJO Ranger: Thanks to everyone who had found this cache. This cache has run its course and the container has been removed as of 4/22/18.

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Hidden : 6/2/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Captain John Smith Geotrail
Tyaskin Park Pier



Come on a journey to remember and commemorate the history and travels of Captain John Smith!
Over four hundred years ago, Englishman John Smith and a small crew set out in an open boat to explore the Chesapeake Bay. Between 1607 and 1609 Smith mapped and documented nearly 3,000 miles of the Bay and its rivers. Along the way he visited many thriving American Indians communities and gathered information about this “fruitful and delightsome land.” In December 2006 the U.S. Congress designated the routes of Smith’s explorations of the Chesapeake as a national historic trail—the first national water trail.

Are you ready to follow in the wake of Captain John Smith? Visit sites along the National Historic Trail and learn about the native cultures and the natural environment of the 17th-century Chesapeake through the Captain John Smith Chesapeake Geotrail. The Trail provides opportunities for you to experience the Bay through the routes and places associated with Smith’s explorations. Caches will be located in museums, refuges, parks, and towns in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware along the rivers and creeks that Smith and his crew explored four centuries ago.

The Captain John Smith (CJS) Geotrail launched June 4, 2011 with over 40 caches within Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. A trackable geo coin will be awarded to the first 400 geocachers, while supplies last, for locating at least 15 CJS caches. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must download a passport from either the CJS Geotrail or Maryland Geocaching Society website. Geocachers must find and log at least 15 finds, record the code word from each cache on their passport and post a picture of themselve at each cache location. After discovering the 15 required caches, geocachers may have thier passports validated in person or via mail at the National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Office located at 410 Severn Ave, Suite 314, Annapolis, MD 21403. Please refer to the passport for complete validation instructions.

Participating in the CJS geotrail is fun and we hope that many people join in. However, it is not a requirement for logging your find on this cache once you find the container.

This simple puzzle/multi will lead you to a traditional cache.
Tyaskin Park spans two acres on the shore of the scenic Nanticoke River. It offers a pavillion with picnic benches, a boat ramp and a fishing area. You are encouraged to take time to enjoy the spectacular view!

The Park is open ONLY from Sunrise to Sunset The cache IS NOT at the listed coords! In the center of the Park is a descriptive sign which will provide the information to find the actual coords. The final coords are: N 38 19.ABC W 075 52.DEF

A) Subtract the year in the TYASKIN WHARF PICTURE from the year in the TYASKIN MD PICTURE.
(A = Year Tyaskin MD picture - Year Tyaskin Wharf picture)
B) The number of letters in the WIFE'S FIRST NAME.
C) The number of letters in the HUSBAND'S FIRST name.
D) Add the left-most digit and the right-most digit of the YEAR THE PROPERTY WAS GIVEN.
E) The number of letters in the WIFE'S MAIDEN NAME.
F) The second digit from the left of ANY YEAR ON THE SIGN.
N 38 19. __ __ __ W 075 52. __ __ __

The final cache is hidden behind the cemetery of Tyaskin United Methodist Church, where the family that gave the land for Tyaskin Park is interred. You are permitted to drive into the church property at N 38 19.331 W 075 52.400 and drive to the cache.
The cache is near the road but not among the gravestones. Please be respectful in your search.

Located amid the unique cultural and natural setting of Wicomico County, Tyaskin Park and Pier features a variety of public recreational amenities. The Tyaskin Park is a unit of a public park system consisting of thirty-six parks operated by Wicomico County. Each park features a variety of public amenities, ranging from water access and ball fields to picnic facilities and scenic biking and hiking trails. It is recommended that out of town visitors contact the Wicomico County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism for specific park rules and hours.

Tyaskin Park is a locally popular two-acre park with amenities that include picnic areas, a pavilion, access to the Nanticoke River, and the opportunity to view wildlife along the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The Tyaskin Park boat ramp is a convenient spot for boaters to access the Nanticoke River and Chesapeake Bay. In addition, the park features a pier and fishing area that entice anglers young and old throughout the season.

The Nanticoke River is named after the Nanticoke people, an American Indian people whose traditional homelands were on the Eastern Shore. The name “Nanticoke” or “Nentego” is believed to translate roughly to “Tidewater People” in some dialects of Algonquian language.

When the crew of the shallop Discovery visited the Nanticoke River in June of 1608, they did not explore the river as extensively as other Chesapeake tributaries. The voyage on the Nanticoke River offered little promise of precious minerals and no promise of Northwest Passage, so Smith and his crew had limited incentive to journey on the river. However, it was early in their excursion and they had recently been battered by the squall and stop at Bloodsworth Island. Thus, the men decided to explore the Nanticoke in order to trade with American Indians, to continue to map potential ports, and in hopes of finding good sources of fresh water.

Despite an early ambush of the shallop Discovery, Smith was able to trade with locals and acquired many goods, including furs that he later wrote were the highest-quality furs he had seen anywhere in the Chesapeake. As in many places along the voyages, it is unclear exactly what areas the crew explored and mapped first hand and what they learned from Indians that lived in the region. Throughout the voyages the trading of goods was an important first step in navigating the new territory—both geographically and politically—and in many cases, the exchange of information and sharing of stories between the English and American Indians was equally valuable to the enduring accuracy of Smith’s map of the Chesapeake.
Thanks to Run & Hike for helping with this hide and to the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

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