Welcome, great explorers of Westport, NY! You will find spectacular views of Lake Champlain, views of the Green Mountains, and views of the Adirondacks in this jewel of the North Country. Much history lays in wait to be discovered. Your journey begins with a virtual tour through history, using your own guile and expertise with Internet searches. We suggest doing Internet searches to find digits A through I before navigating to the posted coordinates. To find the last digit of the coordinates to stage 2, go to the coordinates posted as those for this cache.
A = the first or the third digit of the year Westport, NY was established from part of Elizabethtown
B = the third digit of the year the Ticonderoga steamboat was built ( whose homeport was Westport, NY)
C = the sum of the first two (or the last two) numbers of the year that the Essex County Fairgrounds opened in Westport, NY
D = third digit of the year one of the currently oldest operational hydroelectric power plants opened in the Westport, NY hamlet of Wadhams
E = the last digit of the population of Westport, NY in 1820
F = the last digit of the year Westport, NY abandoned its status as an incorporated village
G = the last digit of the year the Delaware and Hudson Railroad company reached Westport, NY
H = the third digit of the year Charles Hatch made his way to North West Bay (in what would become Westport, NY) from Elizabethtown
I = the number of letters in the last name of the Westport, NY summer resident who designed the Westport Chair, later renamed the Adirondack chair
J = For this last digit, you’ll need to navigate to the posted coordinates for this cache (where the “?” is on the geocaching map). Once you arrive, find the photo of Main Street circa a certain year in Westport, NY. To get the last digit, add the first number of that year to the third number of that year. Then add 1 to the resulting number.
After you find all of these, plug them into the below:
N44° AB.CDE
W073° FG.HIJ
To check your answer to this puzzle, you can use the solution checker below.
Then navigate to these coordinates.
At these coordinates you will find a sign that will tell you to where you need to go next.
Walk inside and be sure to read the "hint!" There you will find the key to unlock this mystery.
Attached to that mystery key you’ll find another hint that will, at long last, lead you to the final container and log book. Please place the key back where you found it after you’ve signed the log so others may find this cache!
IMPORTANT NOTE: This cache is only available during the following days and times:
Tuesdays 10:00am - 6:00pm
Thursdays 10:00am - 6:00pm
Fridays (only during July and August) 10:00am - 6:00pm
Saturdays 10:00am - 2:00pm