City Graveyard of the past Multi-Cache
Hidden : 11/27/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Thought we needed another multicache somewhere and found this on one of my walks, it is a two stage cache.

The original name was City Graveyard, or Pioneer City Graveyard. It was sometimes referred to as the Bigelow graveyard. On June 14, 1860 W.D. Bigelow donated 2.12 acres of land for use as a cemetery by pioneer families, with the first burial shortly thereafter. This graveyard was used instead of the Indian Mission cemetery (16th Street between Garrison and Pentland streets) after 1860. Earliest burials were Michael J. Kelly (died May 29, 1860) and James Tivis (died July 22, 1860). There are 228 graves (some unmarked), including that of Judge Joseph Gardner Wilson (1826-1873). The Pioneer Cemetery is administered by the City of The Dalles and the Historic Landmarks Commission. The Wasco County Genealogical Society dedicated a monument listing the names of those who have been buried in this cemetery on Memorial Day, May 31, 2010.There is a sign at the posted coordinated.

First take the date of the devastating fire and subtract 1889 from it and take that number and subtract it from the North coordinates. Next take the date of when the local historian documented the grave markers and subtract it from1995 and then add that number to the West coordinates. This will take you to final cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Whfg unatvat nebhaq

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)


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