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Milton - Milton Edgewood Public Library Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/16/2024
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES

 

WELCOME TO THE MILTON GEOART SERIES

This series is not about the hides. It is about puzzles and places. All cache hides will be a DNA tube stuck in a hole (think Stop, Speed Limit, Dead End and the like). As you finish the puzzles and find the containers, make sure to note the letters associated with each number noted on the log. In the end you should have 13 letters that make up a phrase that is related to the town of Milton. This will be the code word for the FINAL for the series.

Milton, better known as Mill Town in the 1890’s, owes its beginning to the timber industry. It was the first settlement in the area that supplied lumber to the mill. Rejecting the two-named town, the US Postal Service forced the town to change its name to Milton. As the town grew, it shed its timber roots to become a bedroom community supplying other, much larger cities, with workers. Straddling the King and Pierce County line, the town’s population in 2021 had almost reached 9,000 residents.

Milton Edgewood Public Library

900 Meridian Ave E, Milton, WA 98354 (N47 14.834 W122 17.7460

In 1946, Milton was the first incorporated town to contract with the areas library system.  In 1999, the people of Milton voted to annex the Pierce County Library System.  The Milton Edgewood Library was moved to this high traffic area in 2011 where 1,300 people attended its grand opening.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO: Shilly69, Binnon and Manahoonie for CO FTF

 

Sources:
https://www.cityofmilton.net/189/History-of-Milton - City of Milton:  History of Milton
https://mypcls.org/about-us/library-history/ - Pierce County Library System:  Learn how the Library has been serving you since 1946

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pyvpx ba cvpgher

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)