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National Barn Dance Mystery Cache

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Dover Spike: Construction in the area has made this hide permanently unavailable. Thanks to the finders!

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Hidden : 2/4/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The posted coordinates are false. This is a camouflaged pill bottle. You'll need to do a little research and some math to find it. Congrats to ohmom50 and bd's for FTF.


The National Barn Dance was a radio program started fairly early in the 20th century. The show ran on WLS out of Chicago. WLS stood for "World's Largest Store," and was a nickname of the retail and mail-order giant that also owned the radio station for a time. This company had a store nearby the final location of this cache. Much of the company's business at that time came from farmers and ranchers, and the music of the National Barn Dance program reflected tastes from rural America. To find the final location, you'll need to do a little math. Take the year that the show premiered and subtract 1,044 to find the North coordinate: N 41 0.XXX. Take the year that the broadcast ended and subtract 1,250 to get the West coordinate: W 80 23.YYY. Good luck!

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)