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PWHT Women's Christian Temperance Union Fountain Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

HPCRRRC: I have replaced this cache too many times, I will archive it and place a new cache here when I can.

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

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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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.

You have to be thirsty in order to find this cache!  T=Terain - 1.5; D=Difficulty - 1.5; S=Size - Small; The cache is winter friendly.

The cache is at one of the few remaining water fountains constructed in the late 1800 and early 1900's by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, an organization founded in an effort to persuade states to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages. According to Wikipedia, at the 1874 organizing convention of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the members were urged to erect drinking fountains in their towns so that men could get a drink of water without entering saloons and staying for stronger drinks. Often the drinking fountains that were erected offered a place for horses to drink, another place for dogs, and of course, a place for people to drink.  The fountain in Park River is one of several still in existance in 28 states and Austrailia.

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)