STAR R07: Abandon all Hope Traditional Cache

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Barking Frogz: Unfortunately I haven't heard from the cache owner, so I must regretfully archive this 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 Onewheeler.

Washington Water Power announced plans in 1904 to build an electric rail line from Spokane to Medical Lake on the former roadbed of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern. The "interurban," as it was called, was completed it in 1905, and instantly made Medical Lake into a popular weekend excursion spot. The population of the little town jumped from 516 in 1900 to 927 in 1910 and to 1,259 in 1920.
Abandon all Hope

The interurban made several trips a day, bringing thousands of people on hot summer days. On one particularly hot day, bathers rented 1,400 bathing suits. There were footraces every Sunday and band concerts at a lakeside bandstand. The lake was ringed with parks and resorts: Camp Comfort, Stanley Park, The Coney Island Resort and the Pavilion Boathouse. During Medical Lake's resort heyday, which encompassed the first two decades of the century, as many as five excursion boats hauled passengers around the lake. "Sundays were big days, with 'hawkers' in nautical uniforms cajoling Spokanites to rent their boats or take soothing restful rides in a launch," wrote a reporter in 1912 (Dullenty and Kowrach). Around this time, for several reasons, Medical Lake's appeal began to fade. The advent of the automobile made it easier for people to visit other recreation spots. The lake's famous mineral deposits had been dredged to the point where they were depleted. Development around the lake spawned unsightly algae blooms. The public was growing skeptical about the healing powers of Medical Lake's waters -- and that of any kind of mineral waters. By 1922, the interurban line went out of business. The days of Medical Lake as a resort town were over. The interurban line passed where the Spokane International Airport is currently located. There was a substation that was recently torn down where Washington Water Power supplied electricity for the lines to Cheney and Medical Lake.
The line was also important to farmers and other residents who used it for personal transportation and to carry goods to and from markets. The swift shift from trolleys to auto and bus transportation in the 1920s quickly weakened interurban lines nationwide.


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)

Envyebnq gvr

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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