GC95BD "Isle Of Marsh" (Traditional Cache) in Massachusetts, United States created by Speedy38

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Speedy38: Maybe i'll replace this one at some point ... no time to do it now.

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Hidden : 9/30/2002

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Size: Size: other (other)

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NOTE: Difficulty and Terrain are high because of the summer months and the overgrowth. THE CACHE CAN BE ACCESSED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH ALOT OF BRUSH. ( YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ARROW . :) LOL ) The Cache is located on what is now called “Tin Can Island” by people from the area. The Cache is in a off white antique metal box , that was used back in the 70's for storing drug store reports.

It is accessible through the Riverside Cemetery, which is open from sunrise to sunset for vehicles. This is a nice place to walk and ride your bike also, lots of history and beautiful monuments to be seen. Here’s some history about the hiding place. Marsh Island: Quarry and Stone Crushing Plant back in the mid to late 1800’s Marsh Island, a pure, uncorrupted landscape for recreationists and aesthetes, was sacrificed for progress. In 1897 quarrying took place, altering the face of Marsh Island for the sake of the construction of the Fairhaven Bridge. It was hoisted by an intricate pulley system to a stone crushing plant. Even the geological spect of the island was altered. For the convenience of moving the stone, a land- bridge was formed between the mainland and the island, turning the island into a peninsula and the “Isle of Marsh” into “Tin Can Island”. Some personal memories of the island were from residents from this time, as written in “A Picture History of Fairhaven”… Marion Campbell says about the Island, “A prize winning fun place was Marsh Island or Isle of Marsh. Its great crags were higher then, and when, by wandering trails, we reached the top, no arrival at the summit of the Matter horn could have made us feel more like sky conquerors. We would eat up there and then poke around all over the island, enchanted to find unfamiliar flowers such as wood betony and blazing star: the knowledge that birds and the wind and water brought from far away, the seeds for these, made us realize that nature was something to learn about." (Courtesy of the New Bedford Free Public Library, and spinner publications) As for today, there are still some stones and large rock formations, but nothing goes on here to my knowledge. I think at one point there was a guy with a hammock living there. I think he’s gone now ……can’t seem to find the hammock or see it anymore from the highway. NOTE: PLEASE BE CAREFUL ON THE LARGE ROCK FORMATIONS. WATCH OUT FOR THE PICKERS TOO! SUMMER MONTHS MAY BRING ALOT OF TICKS. While you are in the Cemetery, don’t forget to look up my other cache, “History lesson!”

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nf lbh fgnaq ba gbc bs gur obhyqre, Gur bevtvany pbbeqvangrf jrer oruvaq lbhe fubhyqre. Ybbx qbja naq nebhaq naq gb gur tebhaq Gurer lbh jvyy svaq vg fnsr naq fbhaq

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)