Wexford 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:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: large (large)

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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 WEXFORD COUNTY




Wexford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,735. The county seat is Cadillac. Wexford is the last of the 83 counties in Michigan.


When established in 1840 by the Michigan Legislature, the county was given the name Kautawabet, a Potawatomi phrase meaning "broken tooth" and the name of an area Potawatomi chief. In 1843, legislators renamed the county Wexford, after County Wexford in Ireland. It was later formally organized in 1869.

There are ten recognized Michigan historical markers in the county. They are:

  • Battle of Manton
  • Caberfae Ski Resort
  • Cadillac Carnegie Library
  • Charles T. Mitchell House
  • Clam Lake Canal
  • Cobbs & Mitchell Building
  • Cobbs and Mitchell Mill No.1
  • First Wexford County Courthouse
  • Greenwood Disciples of Christ Church
  • Shay Locomotive


To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1. Read through the description of Wexford County.
2. Let A =  the last digit in the year the county was formally organized. Let B = number of letters in the name of the country of which this county's name comes from minus one. Let C = number of letters in the name of the locomotive. Let D = number of letters in the name of the ski resort.
3. Travel at a bearing of 357 degrees for ABCD feet.
4. You will find what you are looking for behind a tree on the east side of the trail.


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 Wexford County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford_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)

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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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