WIH: Sybil Ludington Mystery Cache
Hidden : 7/12/2018
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


When I was in High School, I took an English class that focused on Women in History. I thought it was a good time to have some caches related to powerful and or influential women.

 Sybil Ludington: The Female Paul Revere (April 5, 1761 – February 26, 1839),

On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles on her horse (star) to warn approximately 400 militiamen that the British troops were coming. Sound like Paul Revere? It was, except she rode twice as far, was half his age and was seldom given credit for her heroic act.

The daughter of militia leader Colonel Henry Ludington, Sybil leaped into action on that fateful day in 1777 when a rider came to the Ludington house to warn them of an upcoming British attack. With Col. Ludington’s men on leave and the messenger too tired to continue, it was Sybil who rode through the night gathering almost the whole regiment by daybreak.

While Paul Revere’s ride was immortalized by Longfellow’s epic poem, Sybil’s tributes have been on a somewhat smaller scale. She was honored with a postal stamp in 1975 and had a poem written in her honor in 1912. But she did receive the appreciation of a grateful general, when George Washington himself came to her home to say “thank you.”



All the information needed to solve the puzzle is on this page.
FINAL IS N 43° 11.ABC W 071° 26.DEF


A=How old was Sybil when she rode to warn the British are coming?
Age 14 =1
Age 16 = 2

She was honored with a postal stamp in 1BC5

DEF=What was her horse’s name?

SUN =700
STAR=709

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

thneq envy

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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