Cecilton - Former MML Geotrail Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/4/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The Maryland Municipal League Geotrail 2013
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
Cecilton - MML District 10

The 2013 MML geotrail and geocoin promotion ended on April 1, 2014. We would like to thank everyone for participating and a special thanks to the Maryland Geocaching Society members for all their support. Be sure to visit the MGS website at www.mdgps.org for the latest news on geocaching in Maryland.

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 stocked with a variety of items.
WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF CECILTON


The town of Cecilton owes its existence to Augustine Herman, an immigrant to America in 1633 and a some-time friend and ally of New Amsterdam Governor Peter Stuyvesant. He was the builder and first Lord of Bohemia Manor* in Cecil County, founder of a long line of distinguished descendants, and the subject of heroic legend. Herman made several attempts to establish a town named for his friend Cecilius Calvert in lower Cecil County, but, uncharacteristically, he was not successful. Several generations later, a descendant again took up the task and founded a town that survived. That town is Cecilton, incorporated in 1864.

Today, Cecilton remains a quiet residential community supported by agriculture and summer residents. The town is surrounded by active farmland, much of which has been placed in agricultural preservation programs, ensuring that the area will maintain its rural character. With the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Sassafras and Bohemia Rivers only a few miles away to the south and north, respectively, Cecilton attracts a great deal of seasonal tourism.

At the largest crossroads south of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Cecilton is the hub of most of the community and public facilities and services in the lower county. The town has an elementary school, recreation facilities, athletic fields, and the area’s only public library. It has a standing planning commission, board of appeals, and park advisory board all made up of community volunteers. Daily operations are handled by a staff of four—an administrator, a clerk-treasurer, a maintenance worker, and a water/sewer operator.

The heart of the town is West Main Street, where the Town Hall, local bank, post office, small shops, and restaurant are located. It is likely that the public is well informed and that the checks-and-balances process is healthy when residents can chat with the mayor or a council member while picking up their mail or eating lunch. One of the bonuses of living and working in a place like Cecilton is that everyone knows each other.

Cecilton relies on the work of volunteer organizations both in town and in the surrounding areas to organize events and activities that bring the community together—Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company, Cecilton Lions Club, Cecilton Upper Bay Ruritans, Union Bethel AME Church, and Zion United Methodist Church. *The name presumably stems from the fact that Augustine Herman’s mother was of a patrician Bohemian family in Europe. She fled to Amsterdam, Holland, with Augustine when her husband was outlawed for supporting the Emperor of Germany in 1618.

The Town of Cecilton thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to Evanspack for helping with this hide!

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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