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PWHT District 70 Hoff Rural School Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/18/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

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.

To find the cache at this school, you will drive into a valley and will have to travel uphill in either direction when leaving the site! Hence, this cache is NOT Winter Friendly! It is also a field puzzle. T=Terrain - 1.5; S=Size - Regular; D=Difficulty - 2.5. You will need to find an ammo can with a twist, then use the items inside to figure out the combination. When we were here, we noticed it really is uphill both ways from school - just like your parents and grandparents said!

Built in 1885, the country school building for Walsh County District No. 70 (locally known as Hoff School) is typical of many one-room school buildings. It is situated very near the boundary line between Norton and Vesta townships, in a sheltered area close to the juncture of two coulees, or drainage swales, feeding the north branch of the Forest River. Where the coulee slopes upward toward the north, the school building is tucked into the trees adjoining a belt of natural timber land along and through which school children once walked a distance of up to a mile or two to attend school. Inside and out, the school building is in a near-original state of maintenance and preservation. The building is not open to the public.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cynpr pneqf ba gbc bs rnpu bgure naq yvar hc abgpu arne pbeare.

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)