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Presidential Series: GRANT Krisscop's 50th Bday Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/9/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

More that a Park and Grab

LITERALLY TUPPERWARE to find with your GPS!!

Bouncy Balls, Kids stuff started this Cache.
Take one leave something!

Placed on my friend's property, she was with me when I "planted" cache.

PRESIDENTIAL SERIES: Part of Krisscop's 50th birthday Caches

Ulysses S Grant Biography
Birth: April 27, 1822

Death: July 23, 1885

Term of Office: March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877

Number of Terms Elected: 2 Terms

First Lady: Julia Boggs Dent

Nickname: "Unconditional Surrender"

Ulysses S Grant Quotes: "My failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent."

"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training...."

"I have never advocated war except as a means to peace."

"Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished."

"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."

Major Events While in Office:

•Reconstruction
•Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869)
•Black Friday Scandal involving James Fisk and Jay Gould (1869)
•Fifteenth Amendment Ratified (1870)
•Credit Mobilier Scandal (1872)
•Panic of 1873
•Whiskey Ring Scandal (1875)
•Belknap Bribery Scandal (1876)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srapryvar

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)