GC40FRW MML 2013 - Ocean City District 1 (Traditional Cache) in Maryland, United States created by MML Geotrail

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MML Geotrail: The MML and the Maryland Geocaching Society (MGS) would like to thank everyone for participating in the 2013 MML Geotrail. The trail and geocoin promotion ended effective April 2014. Please be sure to visit the MGS website at www.mdgps.org for latest news on geocaching in Maryland.

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Hidden : 1/4/2013

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The Maryland Municipal League Geotrail 2013
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
Ocean City - MML District 1

The trail consists of 10 MML participating Districts (regions).
The MML Geocache Trail project will launch January 5, 2013 with 49 participating cities and towns. A trackable geocoin will be awarded to the first 200 geocachers as an incentive for locating at least 2 municipal caches in each of the 10 participating districts. To be eligible for the coin, geocachers must download a MML 2013 passport, find and log at least 20 of the MML 2013 geocaches. Geocachers must record the code word from the cache in their passport, and post a picture at the cache location on the cache page with your found log in order to earn the coin. However, this is not required to log the find.

After finding at least two municipal caches in each of the 10 participating districts, geocachers may return their completed passport to the MML Office in Annapolis for validation to receive their collectable geocoin. Please refer to the passport or MML website for complete details.

For a complete list of participating towns or for updated information, visit the MML web site at MML link or the Maryland Geocaching Society web site at MGS Link

You are seeking a traditional hide, secretly hidden from the view of muggles. Ocean City is Maryland’s only coastal community, situated on a barrier island that, until the mid-1800s, was a barren place attracting only a few fishermen who came over from the mainland on small rowboats. In 1869, a local farmer named Isaac Coffin constructed a small inn to accommodate the fishermen and others who were beginning to show an interest in the beach as a refuge from city life. The founding date of Ocean City is regarded as July 4, 1875, when the Atlantic Hotel first opened its doors.

Soon, other hotel properties arose. When Ocean City became an incorporated town in 1880, the little fishing village was on its way to becoming a famous seaside resort. The following year, a railroad bridge built over Sinepuxent Bay afforded visitors more convenient access to the town; prior to this, they had to dismount from the train on the mainland and then cross the bay by boat. It was not until World War I that a roadway bridge was built.

In the early 1900s, Daniel B. Trimper and his brother, both from Baltimore, started an amusement park, which is still owned and operated by the Trimper family. Local men worked in the fishing industry started by Capt. Christopher Ludlum and his son from Cape May, New Jersey, while their wives and mothers ran the hotels. From 1900 to 1915, the first sections of Ocean City’s famous Boardwalk were constructed; in those early days, it was taken up and stored during the winter. Today’s Boardwalk is a permanent walkway spanning nearly three miles.

In August 1933, a violent four-day storm hit Ocean City and cut an inlet through the island, linking the Atlantic Ocean with Sinepuxent Bay. The inlet soon brought a new industry to Ocean City—sport fishing. With easy access to the ocean from the bay, fishermen no longer had to launch boats through the surf or limit themselves to bay fishing. In 1934, the first white marlin was caught off the coast, and Ocean City proclaimed itself “White Marlin Capital of the World.”

This once humble fishing village covering only a few blocks of land now stretches for ten miles, has a city manager form of government (adopted in 1981), and operates as a full-service, year-round resort. It is an economic powerhouse for the entire region, welcoming over eight million visitors annually and funneling close to $3 billion into the state’s economy. A new convention center brings visitors throughout the year, and numerous golf courses have turned Ocean City into a premiere golfing destination, complementing its longstanding reputation as a family resort. Visit www.ococean.com for more information.

The Town of Ocean City thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to the 2B's for helping with this hide!

Thanks to the Calvertcachers, Snurt, and the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

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Gjrrg, gjrrg

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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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