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WSQ Tiffany Cemetery Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/31/2016
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Tiffany Cemetery sits on a hill at the west end of the Village of Boyceville. As this is classified as a cemetery cache please note it is NOT hidden on any grave marker or site. If there is a service going on, or folks are visiting their loved ones when you arrive please be respectful and come back at a later time. Your understanding and compassion for those folks will be appreciated.


The site already contained graves when the Town of Tiffany voted to “buy 2 acres of land on the hill back of Haysetown (Hayestown) for a public cemetery. Not to cost more than five dollar per acre. one Acre of said cemtarey to be fenced in where the grave (s) now are. said fence to be a board fence and not to cost more than $15.” (From Panorama of Progress, by William L. Clark) Spellings are as written in the original documents.

 

Your search will take you to the oldest part of the cemetery at the top of the hill. One of the earliest graves is that of Moses Hays, a veteran of the War of 1812. You will need to find Moses' headstone to answer the following questions to get the final coordinates.

 

N 45° 02.ABC

W092° 03.DEF

 

A = Number of letters in the name of the General Moses served under.

B = Last number in the year Mary was born.

C= Third nunber of the year Moses was born.

 

D = Last number in the year Moses was born minus 1.

E = Day of the month Moses was born.

F = Number of letters in the last word on the headstone.

Cache is a film canister and contains a log only. BYOP. Permission for this cache is given by the Tiffany Cemetery Association. Please enter the cemetery by the paved road on the west side.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g whzc gung srapr!

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)