Made in Germany - The Lucky Flüchtling #4 Mystery Cache
Made in Germany - The Lucky Flüchtling #4
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The cache IS NOT at the listed coordinates.
There will be a BONUS CACHE so please make a note of the bonus number in the logbook.
This is a series of caches that I was inspired to create by Red_Family's series of Homburg caches called Grosse Namen and Ich Trage Einen Grossen Namen.
Each of the people in this series were born (MADE) in Germany. Later in life they immigrated to the USA and became citizens of America. Many of them had a great influence on the USA and the rest of the world. I hope that each person who completes this series learns a little bit more about how our two countries, German and The United States of America, are forever connected.
HINT:
I am a man.
I was born in what is now Baden-Wuerttemberg.
I am dead.
Too difficult? These hints might make it easier.
My father was Swiss and I served in the Swiss military.
I went to America in 1834 to escape being put in jail for indebtedness
I travelled throughout the Western areas of what was to become part of the United States.
My travels include Hawaii and Alaska but I ended up in California and for a period of time I was a Mexican citizen.
Do you know who I am now? No?
Something of great value was found on and near my land.
People came as quickly as they could get what was on and near my land.
My son designed and named a city that is now very prominent in California.
I died, and was buried, in small town in Southeast Pennsylvania
You can find the final at:
N 49.A.BCD
E 7.E.FGH
To solve use the NUMBER value of the letters in the persons name. I.E. A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4,...Z=26.
A = 1st letter of the first name + 2nd letter of the first name + 1st letter of the middle name.
B = 6th letter of the middle name - 1st letter of the first name - 3rd letter of the middle name + 1st letter of the middle name.
C = 3rd letter of the first name x 1st letter of the middle name
D = 2nd letter of the last name - 6th letter of the middle name
E= 5th letter of the middle name + 3rd letter of the middle name + 1st letter of the middle name + 1
F = 6th letter of the last name - 1st letter of the first name
G = 2nd letter of the last name - 2nd letter of the first name
H = 4th letter of the middle name - 6th letter of the last name
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Hfr gur ragver anzr ur hfrq va gur HFN. Svefg anzr unf 4 yrggref, zvqqyr anzr unf 8 yrggref, ynfg anzr unf 6 yrggref.