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Mottsville SHM Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/27/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Mottsville


This is the site of the settlement on the emigrant trail known as Mottsville, where Hiram Mott and his son Isreal settled. Their homestead was the scene of an impressive number of firsts in Carson County, Utah Territory.

 

N 38* 55.ABC W 119* 50.DEF

To locate the final cache answer the following questions.

1)  What year did Mrs. Mott open a school in her kitchen? Last digit = "C"

2)  What year did the Mott's build their barn? last digit = "F"

3)  What year was Louisa born? sum of the last two digits = "A"

4)  Judge Drummond presided over what District Court of Utah Territory? = "E"

5)  How far away from here is the cemetery? second to last digit = "B"

6)  Which child of the Mott's died and was buried nearby? = "D"

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fbhgu bs Cnex lrg abegu bs Uvenz, tbbtyr vf abg znc sevraqyl urer.

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)