MML 2013 - Mountain Lake Park District 7 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/4/2013
Difficulty:
1 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.
Mountain Lake Park - MML District 7

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

This is a traditional hide, a Lock & Lock stocked with a variety of items. The cache was placed with help from the town. Please be respectful of the area. Don't forget to record the code word and post a pic at the location if you wish to earn the coin.


The 800 acres that is now Mountain Lake Park might still be known as “Hoyes Big Pasture” if the Mountain Lake Park Association had not approved its purchase on November 2, 1881, for the sum of $4,672. The Association had been created by four gentlemen of Wheeling, West Virginia, for the purpose of establishing a resort that would be founded upon Christian principles and provide healthful recreation and religious and literary instruction.

Right after the purchase, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran an excursion train from Baltimore to Mountain Lake Park carrying people who might be interested in buying lots in the resort. Purchasers had to agree that any house built would cost at least $300—unless the purchaser was a clergyman, in which case the cost requirement was only $150.

In the ensuing years, many improvements were made in the Park, including damming streams to create a lake, constructing an amphitheater able to accommodate 5,000 people, and construction of hotels, boarding houses, an auditorium, an assembly hall, and numerous fine residences referred to as “cottages.” Recreational activities were added like bowling, croquet, swimming, and boating. So which came first, the name or the lake? Why the name of course!

Mountain Lake Park became an important center of the Chautauqua movement in Maryland. From the 1880’s to World War I, the programs attracted thousands who came by train from afar to hear prominent speakers such as President Taft, Samuel Gompers, William Jennings Bryan, and Billy Sunday. Many of these programs were held in the 5,000 seat Bashford Amphitheater. Although the amphitheater is long gone, its ticket house still stands as a testament to the idyllic times gone by.

The Town of Mountain Lake Park thanks you for visiting! More information can be found at the Western Maryland Historical Library

Thanks to DeepCreekLocal 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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