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PWHT Hastings Landing Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/2/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Welcome to the Pembina Walsh Historic Trail (PWHT). Earn and log a commemorative coin after finding five caches in each county! Fill out the PWHT Passport at https://rendezvousregion.com/download/passport.pdf and submit it to receive your coin(s)! Our caches are located at the most interesting historical sites in Pembina and Walsh County in northeast North Dakota. This trail includes a number of gadget caches designed by Trycacheus.

At ground zero you will be searching for this cache which is a winter friendly, bison tube. T=Terrain - 1.5; D=Difficulty - 1.5; S=Size - Small; A=Attributes - Winter Friendly. 


A brief history of Drayton, ND: A group of individuals left Drayton, Ontario, Canada, in April 1878 for the purpose of migrating to the newly explored lands of the province of Manitoba.  The original party consisted of J. Walter Fawcett, his wife and child, Ezra Healy, his wife and child, Albert Wallace, Wesley Patmore, James Healy, Harry Wallace, George W. Healy, and Alexander W. McCrea.  They traveled by rail to 12 miles east of Grand Forks. They then traveled on foot and wagon through the Red River Valley to Pembina area, since their baggage was shipped to Fisher's Landing (then the northernmost end of the railway).  They decided to stay, and A. W. McCrea was given the right to choose the location for a new settlement.  He chose the present location, which was first known as Hastings Landing and eventually named for the settlers' Canadian hometown, Drayton, Ontario, which was named for Drayton, England.  Drayton voted to incorporate as a city in March 1896.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gbc bs Cbfg

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)