Historical Tour of Fullerton #3 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GeoCrater: I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no word from the owner in the month or more since the last reviewer note was posted. If you want to re-activate the cache during the next couple of months, please contact GeoCrater to see if that's possible. If the cache meets current guidelines, consideration will be given based on the circumstances surrounding the original archival.

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Lamento archivar este caché, ya que no ha habido ninguna comunicación del propietario en el tiempo transcurrido (un mes o más) desde que se publicó la nota del revisor. Si deseas reactivar el caché durante los próximos dos meses, por favor, ponte en contacto con GeoCrater para ver si esto es posible. Si el caché cumple con las directrices en vigor, se estudiará dicha petición teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias que llevaron el archivo original.

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Hidden : 8/25/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is 3 of 4 in a series touring Fullerton Elementary Schools I, II, III, and IV.

Cache #3 commemorates Fullerton III Elementary, built in 1951. Eight years after it opened, Fullerton III would see an odd chain of events that would turn it into Fremont Middle School. In 1959, a downtown hardware store caught fire and ignited a truck full of explosives. The resulting "Blast," as it became called, destroyed almost all buildings in an eight-block radius and left a crater bigger than the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Fortunately it happened in the middle of the night, but 14 people still died in the tragedy. One of the blocks in ruins was between Washington, Douglas, Stephens, and Rose, the site of Central Junior High. The displaced students from Central attended Joseph Lane Middle School in double shifts for the next two years, during which time Fullerton III was remodeled into a new middle school (Fremont) and replaced by Fullerton IV, which remains open to this day.

The cache is just off Military Avenue at a spot where, through the trees, you can still see the original Fullerton III building within Fremont's various additions.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gjb ebnqf qviretrq va n jbbq, naq V -- V jrag fbzrjurer va orgjrra.

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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