STAR L10: Cheney Depot Traditional Cache

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Cache.Advance: Picked up the pieces and shutting this one down. Heck, now the depot this cache was honoring is gone too...

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Hidden : 6/9/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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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 Lookout Lisa.

The Cheney Northern Pacific Railway Depot
From the 1880s to the 1930s, the Northern Pacific Railway Depot in Cheney, WA was the railway division point between the mouth of the Columbia River and Spokane. While Cheney was not a particularly consequential freight terminal or point of debarkation, much of the freight headed to Spokane passed through the small city.

The depot was also an important stop for routine maintenance and repair of engines and freight cars. This unique Great Northern Depot is a physical reminder of the importance of the railroad to the social and economic growth of Eastern Washington; the Cheney Depot in particular is a symbol of the city’s rise from humble origins and to a heyday in the 1920s and 1930s.
Thus, the city’s image is inextricably linked to the Depot, and long-term Cheney residents attach great importance to it. Furthermore, as perhaps the sole representative of a Spanish Eclectic-style railroad depot in the northwest, the Northern Pacific Depot is important to the cultural history of not just Cheney, but the Northwest.

Frank Oesterheld, “The Cheney Northern Pacific Railway Depot,” Spokane Historical, accessed June 19, 2018, http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/438
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!

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)


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