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08 Nebraska 50 State Star Boyd County Mystery Cache

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

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This Geoart is part of a Nationwide project;
THE USA 50 STATE STAR GEOART
celebrating every state in the USA !

Our Goal is to have a "50 STATE STAR" in each state of the USA.
Look for the states that proudly display the "STAR" !

This 50 State Star celebrates
Nebraska - The Good Life

The NEBRASKA Star contains 51 Star caches, of which 50 are puzzles with a wherigo bonus. Each cache page will present Nebraska county trivia.



NEBRASKA FUN FACT

In 1989, a proposal was put forward for a nuclear waste dump and offered payment of $3 million per year for 40 years. However, the residents of the Boyd County farming community chose to resist the offer and controversy followed for almost two decades. During this time, the community was transformed "from a small group of isolated farmers to a defiant band of environmentalists". The opposition of the community eventually succeeded, and the license to build the dump was denied.[.

The posted coordinates are bogus.

Please solve the following to find the coordinates of the cache container.

Old Baldy is a hill located near the village of Lynch, in Boyd County. It was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their way up the Missouri River in 1804; nearby, they discovered a colony of prairie dogs, an animal previously unknown to scientists. In 2004, an area of about 1,082 acres, including Old Baldy, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name of

A) Lynch Dawgs 460
B) The Tower 500
C) Chalk Top Mountain 510

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What is the site of a large earth lodge village occupied 1450–1550 CE, a rare Nebraskan example of a type mostly found in South Dakota called?

A) McCulley Archeological Site 546
B) Bristow Archeological Site 132
C) Lynch Archeological Site 086

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HAVE FUN & PLEASE RESPECT THE AREA!!!


NEBRASKACHE
Placed By A Nebraskache Member

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Sebag bs 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)