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Casa Verde - - Tour of SWAU Campus Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/2/2015
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is a small tour of Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) - - just to give you a feel for its rich history!


Note: The difficulty rating of this cache is because there are many (very easy) steps!

 

Start:



Stage I:


You are standing in front of the Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) class gift of 2001 discussing the name of the Old Betsy Road. The name "Old Betsy" comes from the name of Davy Crockett's:
A) Horse - - - - N 32 23.875 W 097 19.857
B) Wife - - - - - N 32 23.859 W 097 19.886
C) Rifle - - - - - N 32 23.831 W 097 19.860
D) Cabin - - - - N 32 23.890 W 097 19.839



Stage II:


You are standing in front of the SWAU class gift of 2004. There are a total of four plaques on the class gift. You are looking for the one that gives a history of the school. What used to be the name of the school as mentioned in this specific plaque (All answers are correct, as this school had each name at one point in its history. However, only one is specifically mentioned in the plaque)?
A) Southwestern Adventist College - - - - - - - - - - - - - N 32 23.832 W 097 19.726
B) Southwestern Junior College - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N 32 23.861 W 097 19.790
C) Keene Industrial and Missionary Academy - - - - - - N 32 23.874 W 097 19.777
D) Southwestern Union College - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - N 32 23.893 W 097 19.783



Stage III:


You are now standing in front of a horse! (Feel free to ride the horse and take pictures!) There is a plaque by it that states the name of the sculpture. What country and time period are specified in the title?

A) Japan-18th Century - - - - - - - N 32 23.821 W 097 19.647
B) Japan-19th Century - - - - - - - N 32 23.839 W 097 19.612
C) Taiwan-18th Century - - - - - - N 32 23.893 W 097 19.627
D) Taiwan-19th Century - - - - - - N 32 23.883 W 097 19.693



Stage IV:


You are now standing in front of a sculpture of the Three Angels as mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The plaque was presented in memory of William C. Day, who graduated with the class of what year?

A) 1922 - - - - N 32 23.794 W 097 19.660
B) 1932 - - - - N 32 23.783 W 097 19.594
C) 1931 - - - - N 32 23.747 W 097 19.631
D) 1921 - - - - N 32 23.779 W 097 19.591



Stage V:


You are now at SWAU's famous Mizpah Gate. There's a lot of history behind this gate. You can read some of it on the Texas Historic Landmark commemorative plaque behind the gate. According to the plaque ON the gate (a different one), who was president of the class of 1937 when the idea of building a gate to the campus was conceived?

A) H.H. Hamilton - - - - - - - N 32 23.968 W 097 19.579
B) Leon Bishop - - - - - - - - N 32 23.943 W 097 19.592
C) Branson Christens - - - N 32 23.935 W 097 19.558
D) Ruth Leffler Sonsel - - - N 32 23.912 W 097 19.534



Final Stage:


If you think closely what the title of this cache means (in another language), then it will make sense. Beware of mugglers, as the entrance to this place is quite visible to the school. Please replace and hide cache exactly as found.

Please trade fairly and if you pick up a Travel Bug/Trackable Item - - PLEASE sign out the trackable so that the OWNER will know where their trackable is at - - Please.
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Thanks!
Happy Hunting!



Original Waterproof Cache Container with log and pencil - - contains toy animals, play dough, puzzle, and miscellaneous toys - - Please trade fairly and evenly so that other kids can have fun trading.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe n ohapu bs ebpxf naq sbe n ynetr syng pbire ebpx - - HAQRE! Cyrnfr ercynpr nf lbh sbhaq - - Gunaxf!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)