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South Mountain Cache Traditional Cache

Hidden : 2/22/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


A small micro preform cache hidden near South Mountain and the site of the former Hotel Kaaterskill.  Log only so bring a pen.

The Kaaterskill Hotel (sometimes called Hotel Kaaterskill in the 1800's) was originally built in 1881 by George Harding. It was located on the summit of South Mountain in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. It originally had 600 rooms, and was later expanded to 1,200 rooms. It was one of the largest hotels in the United States in the 1800's. It had a outstanding view of the Kaaterskill Clove and Kaaterskill Mountain Range on the front side of the hotel. On the back side of the hotel, patroons had a outstanding view of North and South Lake and North Mountain. He built the Kaaterskill Hotel at of a staggering cost of 1.5 million dollars. Which in it's day, was an enormous amount of money. The Hotel even had it's own US postal zip code. The hotel burned to the ground on September 11, 1924.

http://catskillmountaineer.com/history-KH.html

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)