This cache is NOT at the posted Coordinates
This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. If you are participating in this GeoChallenge be sure to download and print your STAR Passport and find other helpful resources at STAR Challenge and get started today.
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This cache is placed and maintained by Martin 5.
This cache is not at the posted coordinates. Please follow instructions below to find the cache.
This Wherigo will begin at the current junction of McGuire Road and the Centennial Trail and will take you east down the trail. This is a Reverse Wherigo, and can be activated from anywhere; however, you will need start your search from the virtual stage coordinates to obtain some numbers there that you will need to active the Wherigo cartridge. When you get within 25 yards of the final, the coordinates will be revealed. To play you must download the Wherigo player and then The Reverse Cache cartridge from the Wherigo.com website. The download is free.
To activate this cartridge please use:
112467 + year photo on the information sign was taken
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Please park at the posted parking coordinates and do NOT drive down the gravel road.
McGuires, Idaho was a major junction of the Milwaukee Road. The Metaline Falls branch, formerly known as the Idaho & Washington Northern R.R., headed north, while the Coeur d'Alene branch, formerly the Coeur d'Alene electric line, continued to the east. The actual junction point was about a quarter of a mile east of where McGuire Road and the Centennial Trail meet.
Near the beginning of World War I, McGuires was the site of a serious train wreck. A westbound electric passenger train and a southbound freight collided at the junction. The passenger train was returning to Spokane from Coeur d'Alene. There were injuries, mostly small, and fortunately no fatalities.
This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. Spokane has a strong history as a major train hub, and in many ways still is. The STAR Challenge will take geocachers on an adventure, finding caches in places significant to railroads past and present. You will visit locations featuring retired train cars, streetcar rails, bridges, graves and rail yards. Successful completion of the STAR Challenge is rewarded with a trackable Geocoin.
- All caches begin with the series name STAR: followed by a location-specific name so they are easy to search. We also made a STAR Bookmark of the caches.
- To qualify for a Geocoin, find the code word or stamp in each geocache and record it on your passport.
- Visit STAR Challenge and get started today.
to find the challenge rules, a printable STAR Passport and map view of qualifying caches.
The Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge is sponsored by Cache Advance, and by donation from local cachers. We hope you enjoy!
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