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Ice House Lake "REBORN"!!! Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/28/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


I want to give a HUGE shoutout to wearn3 who originally had this Awesome Cache, I want to thank him for the privilege of letting me adopt it and keep it going.  I've pretty much left it the same!    :)          

Now onto the description:

While driving west on Highway 14, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. When I got home, I researched the area and came up with some interesting information about the area. You are looking for a small lock container.

"After landing on the island at the head of the rapids Captain lewis went with five men to the village, which was situated just below where the town of Stevenson is now located, and secured of them berries, nuts and fish. Captain Clark went down the rapids to locate the best route for a portage. He followed an Indian path for about one mile, and came to a village on an elevated situation, the houses of which had been large, but built in a different form from any that he had yet seen. The greater part of their houses had been taken down and placed in a pond to destroy the vermin that infested them. The spot where the village was situated is now occupied by an icehouse, built by the O. R. & N. Co. in the early '60s, and can be plainly seen from the river, while the pond spoken of is now called Icehouse lake." Source: Frank J. Smith, 1905, "With Lewis and Clark, From Celilo to the Sea": IN: Oregon Sunday Journal, August 13, 1905, Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, July 2015.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc gb gur evtug, cnfg gur vpr ubhfr haqre ybt.

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)