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Blue Anchor Line 14: A Town Ablaze Mystery Cache

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

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

**  DO NOT GO TO THE LOCATION VISIBLE ON THE MAP  **

You must solve the puzzle for the container coordinates.


***CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES!**

 

You won't need to read any of the books in the Jacky Faber series to solve the puzzles in this cache series. A simple search will answer all the questions, which are related to many of the factual places and events the author, L.A. Meyer, used.

 

The Great Boston Fire of 1872

 

Boston has survived many fires in it’s history (both real and fictional).  When Jacky rode out of town in spring of 1804, her school and the church were burnin’ quite merrily!

 

Puzzle:  

Learn about The Great Boston Fire of 1872 to create an answer key and find your final coordinates. 

 

This great fire started on November a of 1872.

The fire destroyed 7b6 buildings across 6c acres of land.

Assessed value of property loss was near de.5 million dollars.

Personal property loss was fg million dollars.

The fire burned uncontrolled for 1h hours.

The fire started at i3-i5 Summer Street.

The first alarm received was at 7:2j in the evening.

 

Final coordinates are at :  

N38 ec.bfe W90 ha.dai

 

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Placed with permission.

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp

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)