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The Elm Tree Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/10/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

If you liked my last mystery cache i made i plan on making this one similar except you will need to travel to Childs Park for the information. If you enter from Woodlawn Ave you will find a few plaques immediately to your right once you passed the gate. That will give you all the information you will need to solve the puzzle. You will have to do simple math to find the cords. 


Please solve the following to find the cords:

N42 (1)_ _.(2)_ (3)_ (4)_'

W072 (5)_ _ (6)_ (7)_ _'

(1) The Elm Tree was dedicated 16, _ _ 33.

(5) Now take that number from question 1 and multiply it by how many plaques you see this will give you the answer for (5).

(2)&(6) Count how many letters are in the name to get the answers; Tree named in honor of Mrs. _ _ Magna President-Generals Daughters of the American Revolution. (Dont add these two numbers together)

(3)&(4) On the plaque that states its presented by Mrs. Charles E Childs, The first date you see is 19_ _. Fill in the blanks but switch the last two numbers to get the final last two cords for (3)&(4).

(7) Find out the month (#) The Elm Tree was dedicate and multiply that number by 9.

 

 

For more information on Annie Childs and the Park:

Birth: May 5, 1860
Hartford
Hartford County
Connecticut, USADeath: Feb. 13, 1950
Northampton
Hampshire County
Massachusetts, USA
Daughter of George & Eliza (Olds) Hill
Annie grew up in San Francisco and came to Northampton as a school teacher. She married Charles in 1885.

The Childs loved horticulture and on October 8 1915, they bought 20 acres of what was known as the Wildwood Estate. They immediately opened much of the land for use as a park. By 1918, they bought the remaining 20 acres. 

Annie was Regent of the Betty Allen Chapter, DAR, Northampton, MA from 1930 to 1933, and a Mass DAR State Counselor 1932-1935

Also a member of the Daughters of the Founders & Patriots of America, the Daughters of American Colonists, the National Society of Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, the Magna Charta Dames, the Northampton Historical Society, the Hampshire County Women's Club, the Women Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, a 20 year member of the Council of Girl Scouts, an honorary member of the Yankee Division Association, president of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association, president for 7 years of the Visiting Nurses Association, past president of the Monday Afternoon Club, former director of the Children's Aid Association and the People's Institute.

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