Geronimo Never Slept Here Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no word from the owner in the month or more since the last reviewer note was posted. If you want to re-activate the cache during the next couple of months, please contact GeoCrater (geocrater@gmail.com) to see if that's possible. If the cache meets current guidelines, consideration will be given based on the circumstances surrounding the original archival.

Additional Translation (as I support a number of countries):

Estoy archivando lamentablemente esta memoria caché ya que no ha habido ninguna palabra del propietario en el mes o más desde la última nota del revisor se publicó. Si desea volver a activar la caché durante los próximos dos meses, póngase en contacto con GeoCrater (geocrater@gmail.com) para ver si es posible. Si la memoria caché cumple con las directrices actuales, se considerará teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias que rodean el archivo original.

GeoCrater
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Additional translation added as I support a number of countries:

Estoy archivando lamentablemente esta memoria caché ya que no ha habido ninguna palabra del propietario en el mes o más desde la última nota del revisor se publicó. Si desea volver a activar la memoria caché durante los próximos meses, póngase en contacto con GeoCrater para ver si es posible. Si la memoria caché cumple con las directrices actuales, se considerará en base a las circunstancias que rodean el archivo original.

GeoCrater
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer

NOTA: Mi método preferido de comunicación es a través de notas en la página de caché en cuestión. Sin embargo, si desea utilizar el correo electrónico - por favor, no seleccione "responder". En general, una respuesta al bot de mail de geocaching.com no me llegará. En su lugar, vaya a su página de caché y envíe un correo electrónico a GeoCrater desde el registro o envíeme un correo electrónico directamente a geocrater@gmail.com, haciendo referencia a la URL de la caché o al número de punto de ruta.

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Hidden : 5/19/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Small magnetic key holder. Has the OG&ME FTF waiting for the lucky one!

Named for the famed Apache leader incarcerated at Fort Sill, Geronimo was platted in 1902, and the post office was established in March 1903.

Situated on the Enid and Anadarko Railway's (later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) line from Lawton to Waurika, completed in 1902, Geronimo competed with nearby Junction City for the depot. Securing construction of the facility, Geronimo quickly grew to support a bank, a newspaper, two hardware stores, two lumberyards, and a doctor. With a largely agriculture-based economy, by 1905 the community needed a cotton gin. By the 1930s, the town claimed two gins, along with the Prairie Pipe Line Company. Beginning in the 1960s, the community entered a new phase of development spurred by its proximity to Lawton. Attracted by the small town environs, people lived in Geronimo and worked in the city nearby.

Eight years after its founding, Geronimo recorded 186 residents. Over the next four decades the population steadily declined so that by 1950 the town had just 103 citizens. In 1960 the number of inhabitants jumped to 199. Tremendous growth occurred over the next decade as the population nearly tripled to reach 587 by 1970. Development continued through the next twenty years at a slower rate, bringing the 1980 population to 726 and the 1990 to 990. There were 959 residents in Geronimo in 2000.

Geronimo was the scene of one of the deadliest bank robberies in recent Oklahoma history on December 14, 1984. Shortly after 1 p.m., Jay Wesley Neill entered the First Bank of Chattanooga in Geronimo, and forced the 3 tellers to the back room where he had them lie face down on the floor and stabbed them to death. The three employees (Kay Bruno, 42; Jerri Bowles, 19; Joyce Mullenix, 25) were stabbed a total of 75 times.

Geronimo remains a "bedroom" community for Lawton, but Geronimo never slept here.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc

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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