STAR R03: Kendall Yards Traditional Cache

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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.


Kendall Yards, our community’s name, reflects the rail history of the site and celebrates Charles Kendall — the first to bridge the North and South banks of the Spokane River. It is now a thriving urban neighborhood on the north bank of the Spokane River across from Downtown Spokane.

Kendall Yards is located in the southern part of Spokane’s West Central Neighborhood. West Central is one of Spokane’s oldest neighborhoods dating back to the late 1880s. The history of the Kendall Yards property was dominated by rail yards.

In 1914, the Union Pacific and Milwaukee Railroad constructed a bridge at Monroe Street and a bridge on the southwest corner of the site across the Spokane River and Latah Creek known as the High Bridge Trestle. The Union Pacific constructed these two steel bridges and purchased the Spokane College property for the new rail lines operational facilities. This construction effectively separated the West Central Neighborhood from the Great Spokane River Gorge described in the Olmsted Brothers report to the Spokane Park Board.

Read more here: Kendall Yards History

Today, the historic railroad site is clean, and new residential and commercial development is underway. The design is sensitive to the adjacent historic West central Neighborhood offering a range of housing styles, size and costs to assure socioeconomic and physical integration. Kendall Yards also takes advantage of the historic Spokane River Gorge landscape by extending the Centennial Trail and providing public access along the Spokane River and Gorge edge.


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)

Va gur ebpxf jurer gur ynaqfpncvat zrrgf gur tenff.

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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