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#1.6 JHM Trail - Bridge at New Baltimore Burned Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/11/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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On the hunt for Morgan. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of General John Hunt Morgan’s raid through Indiana and Ohio, the state of Ohio has put out 56 interpretive signs on his 557 mile trail through the state. You can follow his ride with road signs along the way. That, and the geocaches that have hidden along 40 miles he rode through Hamilton County.


The cache numbers go in order from 0-10.5 – generally west to east. The integer (whole number, 1,2,3…) caches are multicaches. At each one of these the listed coordinates bring you to a commemorative sign. The text on the signs that give you the numbers to match the variables for the final cache coordinates. At each descriptive sign be sure to copy down some variables that will lead you to bonus (mystery) caches (#4.5 and #10.5) as well. Different letters were used so you won’t get mixed up between the multicache variables and bonus cache variables. The bonus cache variables are always to do with the mileage to the next sign. For bonus cache #4.5 your gather the clues from signs 1-4, for bonus cache #10.5 the clues come from signs 5-10.

It is best to find the series in increasing number order as the finals for each multicaches is further along Morgan’s trail (which goes generally west to east). There are some traditional caches along the way as well they will be decimals between the multis (ie 1.5 is found on the way from 1 to 2).

The caches along the trail are:

#0 (visit link)
#1 (visit link)
#1.3 (visit link)
#1.5 (visit link)
#1.6 (visit link)
#1.7 (visit link)
#1.8 (visit link)
#2 (visit link)
#2.4 (visit link)
#2.5 (visit link)
#2.6 (visit link)
#3 (visit link)
#3.2 (visit link)
#4 (visit link)
#4.5 (visit link)
#5 (visit link)
#6 (visit link)
#7 (visit link)
#7.5 (visit link)
#8 (visit link)
#9-10 (visit link)
#10.5 (visit link)

From July 13-26, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan led a daring group of more than 2,000 men across Southern Ohio. His mission: to distract and divert as many Union troops as possible from the action in Middle Tennessee and East Tennessee. Union troops under the command of Major General Ambrose Burnside gave chase.

Morgan's Raid quote: Morgan's raiders gave Venice a wide berth.  They turned down toward New Baltimore, burnt the bridge there that night and then passed back to the Colerain pike, crossing at Franklin Wells ~ Wells, Ruth J., "Colerain Township Revisited", 1994.

You can download a gpx "track" of the entire route of Morgan's raid in Hamilton county at (visit link) and on cache #0 (visit link) there are two pictures of what the road signs look like.

Cache owner has moved to Pennsylvania, so feel free to replace this cache if it's missing or needs repair, then log your smiley.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre pheofgbar

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)