Idaho's 150th – Jackrabbit Drives Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/1/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Idaho Territory's Sesquicentennial


Idaho Territory was organized by Congress on March 4, 1863, and signed into law by President Lincoln. This cache series is meant to commemorate the 150th year since Idaho’s inception.


Jackrabbit Drives



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While settlers in the Meridian area waited the arrival of irrigation, many of them were nearly destitute. A major source of income for them came from collecting bounties on jackrabbits. There were so many rabbits that Ada County paid between 1¼ to 5 cents for a pair of ears. Many of the settlers obtained cash by this method, with one settler turning in enough pairs for $340.05 at one time.

Jackrabbits could quickly take over an area, chewing bark from young fruit trees and decimating entire gardens. Jackrabbit drives were a regular event, with hunters coming from Boise to help in the ongoing war between the rabbits and the settlers. These drives were held as late as the mid-1930s.

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Idaho Statesman advertisement, 1895



References


-- Hill, Lila, and Glen W. Davidson. They Came to Build a Community. Meridian, ID: First United Methodist Church, 1986.
-- Thomason, Frank, and Polly Ambrose Peterson. Images of America - Meridian. Arcadia Publishing, 2010.


Cache Information:


There’s plenty of room to pull off, but the road is busy!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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