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Wood Stage Station Multi-Cache

Hidden : 6/3/2024
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is near the location of the Wood Stage Station. The parking coordinates are at the Historical Marker pictured in the Gallery. The stage crossed the Cheyenne River near here at a natural crossing with a hard bottom. This land is private, so please do not go exploring for wheel ruts.  The cache is an easy walk within the right of way designed to keep you out of traffic if there is any.

The cache can be located using information on the Historical Marker. Use the following calculations and substitutions. (see the hints when counting numbers and words)

 N 43° 18.ABC W 103° 33.DEF

A = number of letters in the eighth word of line one of the text

B = number of years between opening the Deadwood depot and this station

C = Number of letters in the fifth word of the sixth line of the text

D = Number of letters in the name of the southern terminus plus one

E = Number of letters in the name of the northern terminus

F = Number of letters in the ninth word of the eighth line of the text

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb abg pbashfr ahzoref jvgu qvtvgf. Vs va qbhog bs n jbeq, pbhag vg.

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)