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Heritage Statue Walk- Mound Street Multi-Cache

Hidden : 8/12/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the Nacogdoches Heritage Statue Walk. This walk, or drive will take you from the Stephen F. Austin campus south mostly down Mound street to downtown. The statues along this route were placed to commemorate individuals influentual to the history of the oldest town in Texas. Guidebooks can be obtained by visiting the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau downtown. Enjoy the walk or drive and enjoy the sights!


This is a six stage multi with easy questions along the way as well as easy parking close by at every stage. All stages excluding the final have no physical container.

Along your journey you will need to answer questions, these answers can be obtained from plaques on or close by to the statues. You may want to bring pen and paper to keep track of your answers along the way. If you decide to walk all the stages it should take less than one hour, and less than 20 minutes if you drive. Fill in these coordinates to get to GZ for the final stage to sign the log:

N 31° 36.0AA

W 094° BB.CCC

Stage 1

Crocket's book was published in what year?

1926- go to N 31° 36.884 W 094° 38.950

1932- go to N  31° 36.857 W 094° 38.960

1901- go to N 31° 36.900 W 094° 38.975

Stage 2

This statue and plaque honor physicians who served the Nacogdoches community between what years?

1800-1950 --then AA=55  now go to N 31° 36.496 W 094° 39.011

1800-1900 --then AA=96  now go to N 31° 36.509 W 094° 38.991

1850-1950 --then AA= 32 now go to N 31° 36.496 W 094° 39.001

Stage 3

What animal was a frequent subject in Baker's poems? Also get a smiley for GC49K5F located near this stage.

If butterflies- go to N 31° 36.254 W 094° 39.215

If horses- go to N 31° 36. 254 W 094° 39.233

If birds- go to N 31° 36.237 W 094° 39.172

Stage 4

The quote on the plaque from the Nacogdoches Chronicle is dated:

August 5, 1895- then 1895-1842=BB   now go to N 31° 36.128 W 094° 39.138

June 3, 1888- then 1888-1817=BB   now go to N 31° 36.131 W 094° 39.147

September 30, 1897- then 1897-1858=BB   now go to N 31° 36.149 W 094° 39.156

Stage 5

The plaque behind this statue honors those who fought in the battle of:

San Jacinto, then CCC= 378

Nacogdoches, then CCC=400

Gonzales, then CCC=425

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany: Zvqqyr gbc

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)