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FSC-2014 Smyrna Mystery Cache

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache was originally placed for the the First State Challenge 2014 sponsored by Delaware Geocachers! Although the challenge has ended, this cache is still available to be found!!


FSC-2014 Smyrna

Cache Details:
You will have to solve an easy field puzzle in order to find the cache.
NOTE FINAL LOCATION CHANGED ON 10-2-14 SAME PUZZLE QUESTIONS, BUT LOCATION OF SUBSTITUTING A & B TO GET FINAL COORDS IS CHANGED.

The posted coordinates bring you to a plaque behind the flag pole. Take the two numbers on the plaque and subtract the lower number from the higher number. This is "A".

Go to stage 2 ( N39 17.781, W075 35.901) Find the monument for Barnes and Stokesbury. William A. Stokesbury died in 1B17. The second number in the year of his death is "B".

N39 17.775 and W075 35."B""A"7

Plug the answers in and go find the cache. The cache is not far away in cemetery and is not next to any graves. Please be respectful when gathering your information. The cache is only accessible from dawn to dusk.

Description:


Odd Fellows Cemetery is a cemetery located in Smyrna DE. The most famous person buried here is Franklin Brockson, a US Congressman
Franklin Brockson was a successful lawyer and a representative in the Delaware State Assembly from 1908 to 1910. In 1913, he was elected as Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress and served one term, until 1915. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law until his death, with firms in Clayton, Delaware, and Wilmington, Delaware

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr cvar gerr

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)