STAR R05: Explosion Memorial Multi-Cache
Hidden : 6/9/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


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 kidvegas19.

It was near the end of the work day that September 6, 1890 when the foreman for the crew working the construction site of the Northern Pacific Railway freight yards tamped too hard on a dynamite charge in a drill hole with a metal rod. The resulting explosion left 24 men dead and 2 missing. Newspaper articles at the time reported the gruesome details with great clarity. Within a week though, work resumed at the spot we now know as the intersection of Sprague Avenue and Division Street. Eventually the men were lost to history for over 100 years.

In the 1990s a local history buff with the help of a general manager of an association operating local cemeteries found the unmarked graves of 15 of the men, all buried side by side. The association erected a monument at the burial site to honor the men who died building Spokane.

The posted coords take you to the memorial which has some key information. This is an easy puzzle with a very nearby final. Simply subtract the last two digits of the year of the explosion from the last two digits of the year the memorial was dedicated. Take that number and add it to the last two digits of the posted West coordinates.

Solve for N 47° 39.516' W 117° 28.0xx'



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.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh znl or noyr gb fbyir guvf chmmyr nurnq bs gvzr hfvat gur vzntr va gur tnyyrel. Pnpur: Nhthfgn naq Cnefr Abeiryy ner ng gur rqtr bs gur jbbqf xrrcvat pybfr thneq bs gur svany naq jvyy rawbl lbhe pbzcnal. Oruvaq gur gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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