Leonardtown - Former MML Geotrail Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

FrancisScottKey: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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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.
Leonardtown - MML District 4

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 at the beautiful Port of Leonardtown! Please be respectful of the area and no night caching! If you plan to earn the new MML geocoin, don't forget to record the code word and post a picture at the location.


When Leonard Calvert and his original colonists arrived in what is now Maryland in March of 1634, they immediately set about establishing civil boundaries as they had known them in England. The seat of the first county was set up at the town site of the Ybocomico Indians. The county seat and the county itself were named St. Mary’s, in honor of Mary the Mother of Jesus, under whose protection the Maryland venture was placed. From 1634 to 1708, court proceedings were conducted in the homes of various gentlemen of note in the town.

In 1708, Phillip Lynes, the mayor of St. Mary’s City, gave the colony 50 acres of a piece of land known as “Shepherd’s Old Fields” at the head of Breton Bay, some 14 miles northwest of the city. The land was to be divided into 100 lots and laid out as the county seat of St. Mary’s County. Seven commissioners were charged by the Governor and Assembly of Maryland to oversee this endeavor, which included building a county courthouse on one of the lots at an expense not to exceed 12,000 pounds of tobacco. At the suggestion of Mr. Lynes, the town was named Seymour Town in honor of the royal Governor John Seymour.

In 1728, a new set of commissioners appointed by the government in Annapolis renamed the town Leonardtown for the then Governor of Maryland, Benedict Leonard Calvert. Leonardtown continued to serve as the county seat of St Mary’s County and the place where the colony conducted its official business for the citizens of the county. A new brick courthouse was built in 1736, the original 1708 log building having fallen almost into ruins.

Leonardtown has been invaded twice. The British invaded during the War of 1812 and made off with food supplies. Then, during the Civil War, a Union naval contingent came ashore and searched the houses for weapons and supplies that might be intended for shipment to Confederate forces.

Leonardtown functioned as a port from colonial times up through the end of the steamboat era, when better roads and trucking usurped river navigation as the preferred mode of transporting goods. But the original purpose for which Leonardtown was established—to serve as a center of commerce, residence, and government—and has continued with distinction throughout the town’s three centuries of existence.
The Town of Leonardtown thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to Terri & Billy for helping with this hide!
Thanks to the Calvertcachers, Snurt, and the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g Syl Njnl

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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