MML 2013 - Perryville District 10 Traditional Cache

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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 1, 2014. Please be sure to visit the MGS website at www.mdgps.org for latest news on geocaching in Maryland.

Thanks,
Calvertcachers

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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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Geocache Description:

The Maryland Municipal League Geotrail 2013
Celebrating Maryland’s Cities and Towns.
Perryville - 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 located within the beautiful town Perryville! The cache is located near the historic Rodgers Tavern. And yes! George Washington slept here! While in the area, be sure to visit the new town pier. 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.

The community that eventually was incorporated as Perryville in 1882 had been known as Lower Ferry (and occasionally other names) since 1695 because of the ferry service that was offered there at the mouth of the Susquehanna River. When the townspeople chose a new name in the late 1800s, they reached further back into history—to 1658 when John Bateman gave his adjacent property the name Perry Point in honor of his wife, Mary Perry. (That property was purchased by the Federal government in 1918 and is now the home of the Veterans Administration’s Perry Point Medical Center.)

The Susquehanna ferry crossing was an important link on the Post Road between Baltimore and Philadelphia and attained strategic and popular significance during the Revolutionary War. During the latter half of the 1800s, Perryville became a major railroad depot on the Wilmington to Baltimore line; but history was reversed when the railroad track between Baltimore and Perryville was temporarily disabled during the Civil War—the Union Army resorted to ferrying troops and munitions across the Susquehanna to get them to Annapolis.

Throughout the 20th century Perryville continued to grow and change. Once a river town then a railroad town, it has now evolved into a services-oriented town. Perryville will continue to anchor the southwest part of Cecil County as it adheres to its successful formula of adapting to changing times.

The Town of Perryville thanks you for visiting!

Thanks to The Dam Trolls for helping with this hide!


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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

n Cevingr pnpur

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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