Mountain Lake Park- Former MML 2013 Traditional Cache
Hidden : 1/4/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 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 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 more 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 placed with permission near the entrance to the Simon Pearce Glass blowing facility. It is in disguise so check the surroundings. There is no need to dig in the landscape, and you don't have to leave the sidewalk. The cache is available 7-days per week from dawn till dusk. Don't forget, if you wish to earn the new MML geocoin, record the code word in your passport and post a picture with your found log!
Mountain Lake Park has hosted many interesting businesses over the years, one of the newest being Simon Pearce’s third glassblowing facility which opened in 1999. This facility offers free glass blowing demonstrations and a museum.

Glass has been made for over four thousand years, beginning in Western Asia. The first items made of glass were small objects such as beads and were made by using molds. Today, in modern factories, traditional glassblowing skills have long since been replaced by assembly line production based on speed and uniformity.

At Simon Pearce, glass is made by employing the skills of the old European studios. Each piece is hand blown by skilled artisans making them a work of art. One of the often overlooked gems of Mountain Lake Park is watching the glassblowers in action. (Tell Arlene “thanks” for making this cache possible while you are there!)

Mountain Lake Park, a town of unique character in Garrett County, Maryland, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is a fine example of a Victorian resort that grew out of two American activities of the nineteenth century, the Methodist Camp Meeting which was aimed at spiritual renewal and a Chautauqua, an educational and recreational assembly with programs that included lectures and concerts modeled after the original summer schools inaugurated at Chautauqua, New York in 1874.

In 1881 a group of businessmen and Methodist ministers from Wheeling, West Virginia were inspired to create their own Chautauqua resort. They visited 800 acres known as Hoye's Big Pasture near Oakland in Garrett County. Impressed by the picturesque scenery, the cool, clean mountain air, and convenient train service, the men saw this as the ideal place to refresh the body as well as the soul. They purchased the land for the sum of $4,672 and named it Mountain Lake Park. As for a lake, one didn't exist until about 1896 when a twenty-two acre artificial lake was developed for swimming and boating.

More information on Mountain Lake Park and the walking tours around the Historic District can be obtained from the Mountain Lake Park Historic Association, the Town of Mountain Lake Park, 1007 Allegheny Drive, Mountain Lake Park, MD 21550.
The Town of Mountain Lake Park Thanks You for Visiting! More information about Mountain Lake Park can also be found at Western Maryland's Historical Library

Thanks to Deep Creek Local for helping with this hide!
Thanks to the Calvertcachers, Snurt, and the Maryland Geocaching Society for assisting with this project!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qvq lbh purpx gur znvy gbqnl?

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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