Insert the phrase, “Here, too” into the blanks and solve coordinate numerals from code block.
N 38o 4_._ _ _ W 108o 04._ _ _
As client Missy Rogers was sitting in Joe Carlson’s office, “she couldn’t help but notice the blinding light streaming in through the window behind Carlson’s desk.” …This was the trigger which set in motion a chain of events that creating a new kind of mural in Delta. Commissioning by a private citizen was not a new concept, but the medium of metal and Plexiglas is a departure from the ordinary.
This “mural” enhances a public parking area and is an artistic barrier which breaks the light streaming into the office while providing privacy. “The work represents Delta County magnificently - Mount Lamborn, Lands End, the Raggeds to the east; Grand Mesa and Devil Thumb to the west.” Delta County Independent, “Missy Rogers creates art client can live with” by Pat Sunderland, June 4, 2014 page A5 http://issuu.com/randysunderland/docs/dci_issue2014-23
Also represented in the mural is the confluence of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers. It is from its location on this delta that the city received its name.
“Spanish traders entered the Uncompahgre Valley during the late 1600s, introducing horses, mules, firearms, and iron products. In the mid to late 1700s, explorers Don Juan Rivera, Dominguez, and Escalante recorded trade with the Ute Indians who called the Uncompahgre River 'Anacapagri.'
European trappers and traders entered the area in the early 1800s. Fur trader Antoine Robidoux established Fort Uncompahgrere in 1828 (GC475E4-Behind the Old Fort) at the confluence of the Uncompahgre and Gunnison Rivers near the present town of Delta, Colorado. In 1844, Utes attacked the fort killing the inhabitants, who were mostly men from Mexico hired to watch over the furs and other traded goods. The attack was purportedly the result of an unknown incident which had occurred in New Mexico between Utes and Mexicans and was not directed at European settlers.” http://www.uncompahgrevalleydar.org/history.htm
According to the Mountain Men site http://www.mman.us/fortuncompahgre.htm the forts in this part of the country were rather disreputable due to illegality of what was traded. “The Ute Indians apparently encouraged the presence of a trader deep in their territory for purposes of being able to obtain firearms. Tribes located to the north were obtaining firearms from both the Hudson's Bay Company and from American trappers and the introduction of these guns was upsetting the balance of power amongst the western tribes. Although Spanish law and later Mexican law prohibited sale or trade of firearms to the Indians, such trade at a remote location in a difficult country to traverse might be conducted without much fear of official sanction.
“Towards the end of the 1830's prices paid for beaver pelts declined precipitously. To make up for lost revenues, Fort Uncompahgre increased its trade in California horses, and in Indian slaves. Although the taking of new slaves was prohibited by the Spanish and later Mexican authorities, in practice the prohibition was not enforced. Powerful tribes would capture the women and children of their weaker neighbors and sell them in the northern colonies (New Mexico) where demand for laborers and wives was high. In the 1830's boys between the ages of 8 to 12 years were valued at $50 to $100 in trade goods and girls were worth approximately twice as much.”
To locate second stage:
Using the decoder block above, locate the coordinates for final stage:
If the confluence is on the west side of the mural, insert phrase, “Pert Mom”; if Grand Mesa on east side, insert phrase, “Perp Mob”
N 38o 4_._ _ _ W 1_ _o _ 5.410
Warning: second stage will not be accessible when river floods; trail will be covered, though cache will be high and dry. Summer caching will be more comfortable if you wear insect repellent. BYO writing stick
Park near given waypoint. Foot/bicycle path to cable suspension “swinging” bridge (given waypoint) is wide and well maintained. Take narrow path to right when reach west end of bridge. Follow until it seemingly drops off the edge, this is a view worth seeing. > > >
6-5-21 The city recently cleared out all the underbrush as well as many of the smaller trees, cache went with it. Only a handfull of trees remain out at the point. Just reset new cache but location remains withing a few feet of original After view of the "Confluence" (for which the park is named) from cleared area, first tree to your left as you start for the return trail. Our GZ showed +/- 10' - Think beaver, buffalo, knot hole
A clever puzzle solver could probably find the final coordinates just reading the description....but, be a good sport and find both stages!
FTF Congrats to caching team crawfordcollins and NingaGinga91.
