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The Cotton Gin Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 8/21/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Where did it start?  What did it start?  Who started it?  We, the Trail Toads, aim to show you right here at this marker, AND THEN take you to a little prize we like to call CACHE!

The Cotton Gin

You can learn much about it here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin

But the answers to these questions must be answered on site at the posted coordinates:

1)  According to the monument / marker (not the website), Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in the year? 1A9B

2)  According to the monument / marker (not the website), the monument / marker was erected on October 7, C940.

3)  According to the monument / marker (not the website), the two words above the last line about the erection date are "the _______."  How many letters in the missing word?  Call this number D.

The final is at:

N 32* 11.6CB' W 081* 11.4DA'

The final is just a short drive away to a park & grab small plastic container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbirerq.

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)