Otsego County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid

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LettersFromHome: The postmaster has determined these letters are no longer deliverable. They have been returned to sender.

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Hidden : 5/16/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Parking for the caches in the Letters From Home series can be found at N43 02.850 W85 48.512 (Marne), N43 07.578 W85 52.886 (Conklin), and N43 11.031 W85 56.816 (Ravenna).

Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details


LETTERS FROM HOME OTSEGO COUNTY




Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,164. The county seat is Gaylord. The county was founded in 1840 and organized in 1875.


Otsego may be a Native American name meaning "place of the rock". However, an alternative theory is that it derives from a lake and a county in New York state, which are said to bear the name derived from a Mohawk Iroquoian word meaning either "clear water" or "meeting place." It may be a neologism coined by Henry Schoolcraft, who was a borrower of words and pieces of words from many languages (including Arabic, Greek, Latin, and various American Indian dialects). The county was initially created in 1840 as Okkuddo (meaning "sickly water," although the reason for using a name with such a negative meaning is lost). The name was changed to Otsego in 1843. It was organized in 1875.


To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the county description above. Subtract 13796 from the population in 2010. Let that value = A. let B equal the first digit in the population. Let C = the last digit in the year the county was organized. Led D = the last digit in the year the name was changed +3.
2. Travel from the posted coordinated A feet on a heading of BCD.7 Degrees true.
3. You will find what you are seeking in the arms of a group that has crossed to the other side.


In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)


Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series.


For more on Otsego County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otsego_County,_Michigan


For those that might not have tools to project waypoints geolifeline.com may be of some use to you.
There are 83 caches in this series. That is a lot to maintain so feel free to help by bringing along a spare bag and maybe a towel to dry out anything that gets moisture in it. Please keep the containers hidden from muggles. Thanks for playing.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

va gur nezf bs n tebhc gung unf pebffrq gb gur bgure fvqr

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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