Chutes and Ladders Traditional Cache

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mo pirate: A couple of recent visits with step stools or ladders made the owner nervous. The supplied TOTT was to be used to keep you on the ground so it could remain a favorite cache and keep the landowner calm. Owner now wanted it removed so it is no more. sorry.

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Hidden : 2/13/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is a micro.  It is placed as part of the Jesse James Cache Bash 6.  Enjoy the games! Chutes and Ladders are used by this business when doing careful demolition to salvage historic or architectually significant pieces of a structure.

This is a column from the St Charles Hotel pictured here. It was the cast column for the corner entry door to the dining/cafe area without having to go through the front door/desk area.  This company is instrumental in demolishing a vast majority of the older structures built in the city's beginning.  Much of the 19th century buildings had wonderful architecture including stained glass windows.  St joseph was one of the largest growing cities in the post Civil War days as the starting point of several trails leading West.  Many covered wagon trains headed out from this last point of civilization to pursue their dreams of a new life out West across the Great American Desert.  In turn, many merchants were built to take care of the needs for these families. 


The board game of CHUTES and LADDERS!


This particular item or piece of history is the corner post or column for the St Charles Hotel (formerly at 5th and Sylvanie).  This 3 story hotel was demolished by this company and they erected this cast iron post here along with stones from other notable sites.  The St Charles Hotel might have been best known in its later years for being used in the filming of "Paper Moon" movie staring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal.  Please enjoy the cache here and replace as found for the next cacher to enjoy.  Use stealth during busier times or come back in a differt time period to do this hunt.

Permission to place this cache was given by the business owners,  Julie and Andrew.  If the time is during business hours please go inside and thank them and enjoy some of the architectually significant items they have on display on their office walls!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvture hc zvtug arrq gb obeebj n arneol gbby bs gur genqr sebz thl jver

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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