Kate's Three in the Memorial Multi-Cache
Ninja Reviewer: As there has been no cache to find for a long time, I'm archiving it to keep it from showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.
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Kate's Three in the Memorial
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A three stage multi cache located in a public park on land donated to build the local muggle sanatorium. The sanatorium’s muggles then created a park dedicated to the woman that gave this piece of land so graciously in 1933.
Who was Kate?
Catherine Anselm "Kate" Gleason (1865-1933): Businesswoman, commercial promoter, community developer and philanthropist. Born in Rochester, New York, Gleason was the daughter of mechanical designer and businessman, William Gleason. When her father invented a planing machine for beveled gears (eliminating the need for cutting by hand), Kate Gleason got misdirected credit for the design. Despite Ms. Gleason’s lack of technical expertise, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914) and the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (1913) elected her to membership. Henry Ford is said to have said that the gear planer was "the most remarkable machine work ever done by a woman", although Kate Gleason never claimed to have had a large role in the invention. Gleason’s real contribution was the promotion of her father’s factory from a minor operation to a producer on a national scale. Kate Gleason left the company in 1913 to strike out on a career of her own, rescuing a small machine-tool factory from bankruptcy and rehabilitating the company within slightly more than a year. As president of the First National Bank of Rochester (1917-1919), Gleason was a pioneer in the movement away from cities to the suburbs, fostering the development of several new factories, inexpensive housing of standardized design, and community recreational facilities. In the 1920s, she brought low-cost housing to Beaufort County and started a "writers’ and artists’ colony" resort complex in the area (her sister, Eleanor, continued the project after Kate’s death). Here again, Kate Gleason was ahead of her time, developing beach property, a golf course and clubhouse -- all in her vision of Beaufort County as a center for tourism. Gleason owned the house in downtown Beaufort that would become the Gold Eagle Tavern. She left an estate of $1,400,000, which benefitted medical, educational and other charitable institutions. The land along the Beaufort River where the muggle sanatorium now stands was bequeathed to the people of Beaufort County for the purpose of building a hospital and an adjacent, riverside park.
Stage One: A micro bison tube that will contain a scroll with the coordinates to stage two. Please make sure to snap the lid completely shut when returning to its exact location.
Stage Two: A small pill container that will contain a scroll with the coordinates to stage three containing the final cache. Please make sure to screw the lid back on completely when returning to its exact location.
Stage Three & Final Cache: A small container containing a log book. Please bring your own pen. Small items can be placed, but there is limited space. I'd recommend reserving for small trackables. Please be sure to pull and retract gently in order to keep cache out of view and in good working condition. Hints are provided, but I recommend only using when you have been completely stumped! It’s more fun that way! Once completed, take a moment to enjoy the view of my favorite location in this county.
Happy Caching!
Banded Together
*************CONGRATS TO HUGTZU FOR FTF!***************
Additional Hints
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Uvag sbe Pnpur Bar: Qba’g tvir hc! Fgvpx nebhaq gb trg gb gur svany pnpur!
Uvag sbe Pnpur Gjb: Lbh'yy svaq zr n jnlf orybj gur pebj'f arfg, ohg abg ba gur tebhaq!
Uvag sbe Svany Pnpur: Ubyr-l pbj! V svanyyl sbhaq vg!