Soul's Stompin' Grounds Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

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CO's Last Visit: Monday, 14 December 2015

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Hidden : 10/13/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

P&G or "stay on the scene" ... you wouldn't be the first.

If you look hard enough, who knows what you might find. Jason.Goulder and I wandered back this way looking for possible places to put a cache. The Southern Milling Company building, dating back to the 1850s caught my attention. When you're there you'll see why. The building caught fire in September in 2008, and is now an amazing wreck overgrown with Augusta's plentiful foliage. But I found something else hidden in Augusta's history that made me change my mind. That's why the cache is where it is now.

The area right next to the cache was The Godfather of Soul's first home in Augusta. He was six years old and lived with his aunt Handsome "Honey" Washington in a two story house that once occupied this spot. The house was a brothel, serving moonshine, whiskey, and women to the soldiers who were headed to Camp Gordon to train for World War II. "Little Junior" learned how to buckdance from his cousin "Big Junior" and would perform (adding his own new steps) on the Third Level Canal Bridge right next to his house. Sometimes he'd use his performing skills to advertise for the business for the women at his house.

It was here he learned music. A man he met at a liquor store named Jack Dink taught him to play the drums. Just down the street at 707 Twiggs he learned to play the piano from Robert Graham Jr. "Tampa Red" showed him some blues guitar, and when his father brought home an old pump organ with a leg missing, he taught himself to play it.

It's safe to say Augusta probably wouldn't have a James Brown Arena and a statue on Broad Street if it wasn't for his time spent here.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur pbagnvare vf yvxr guvf uvfgbevpny fvgr, rnfvyl zvffrq.

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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