{GHQ} It Doesn't Add Up Anymore Traditional Cache
Hidden : 7/4/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Congrats to Rattrak on the FTF!



The Geocaching History Quest is a series of caches that are at or near important historical sites that can include the places, people, or events that are part of local, regional, national, or international history.  These caches should be a good lesson of the rich history and better understanding for anyone that visits the area that the caches bring you to.  This history surrounds us almost everywhere we go and hopefully will not be forgotten through our stories and caches that are part of each and every one of us.
As always, with ANY geocache hunt, PERSONAL SAFETY is of the utmost
importance and BE AWARE of your surroundings at all times.
This area is VERY MUCH debris-filled. 

PLEASE BE AWARE of this and take
EXTRA CARE when HUNTING THIS CACHE.
This is *NOT* recommended for youngsters on their own,
without any adult supervision.
This cache is NOT accessible from the Freeway Ramp,
please do NOT try to stop there to retrieve it.
PARKING is available along Harper Ave., just to the NORTH of the cache.

2013-06-21 update

A billboard visible from I-94 and I-75 freeway interchange stands in front of the old Fisher Body plant at Piquette, between Harper and the I-94/I-75 Interchange.  For many years, it's been a Detroit Landmark and also an advertisement for a tire company that supplied tires for the automotive industry. 

The Sign as it looked in 1969 (large diamond-shape)

Below the main advertisement on the sign was an electronic counter that kept a tally of the "US Car & Truck Production" in a real-time mode digital readout and was a sight to behold.  It also reminded us of the productivity of local industry and what this meant to the local economy.

The Sign as it looked in 2001

In 2002, the company ended funding for the billboard and electronic counter and would remove it's advertising later that year, allowing for the billboard to be used for other advertising such as local casinos or other business.  The 'electronic' portion of the sign was still in-use as of the late-2000's.
As of today, that electronic portion of the sign has been removed.
The Sign as it looked in Recent Years with the digital readout still installed.
The sign has had a few other advertising messages since then, for casino's and other various things, but many people that passed-by the intersection of I-94 & I-75 will remember this billboard for the ever rising numbers that used to light up the Detroit Skyline from this spot.

Please replace this as-found and as always, enjoy the hunt.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvpnyyl nggnpurq gb bar bs gur yrtf bs gur ovyyobneq orarngu na natyrq cvrpr bs fgrry sbe pnzbhsyntr checbfrf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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