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41 Nebraska 50 State Star Hamilton County (redux) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This Geoart is part of a Nationwide project;
THE USA 50 STATE STAR GEOART
celebrating every state in the USA !

Our Goal is to have a "50 STATE STAR" in each state of the USA.
Look for the states that proudly display the "STAR" !

This 50 State Star celebrates
Nebraska - The Good Life

The NEBRASKA Star contains 51 Star caches, of which 50 are puzzles with a wherigo bonus. Each cache page will present Nebraska county trivia.



NEBRASKA FUN FACT

The largest hailstone ever recorded in the U.S. landed in Aurora on June 22, 2003.

The posted coordinates are bogus.

Please solve the following to find the coordinates of the cache container.

What marks the well in Aurora that prior to settlement was a popular resting spot on the Nebraska City cutoff of the Oregon Trail?

A) Deepwell Ranch Monument 993
B) a steel bucket to resemble what was used during the time 879
C) A historical sign 975

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Harold Eugene Edgerton grew up in Aurora, Nebraska. He was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is credited with inventing the:

A) strobe light by transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument. 004
B) sonar which was used by Jacques Cousteau in searches for shipwrecks and even the Loch Ness monster. 017
C) Rapatronic camera. 432

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HAVE FUN & PLEASE RESPECT THE AREA!!!



Placed By A Nebraskache Member

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)