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Lakeside Park History Trail Bonus Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/7/2025
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates

Complete the Lakeside Park History Trail Adventure Lab first!

It can be found at  N 38° xx.xxx′ W 119° xx.xxx′

 

Did you know the Lake Tahoe Historical Society has created some local Tahoe History Trail walking tours? There are currently two neighborhoods featured (with more, hopefully, still in development): Lakeside Park (right here!) and Al Tahoe (back toward midtown).  To figure out the location of this bonus cache, you'll need to take a walk around the Lakeside Park neighborhood and explore the Lakeside Park History Trail created and curated by the Historical Society.  Keep an eye on your journal as you complete the Adventure Lab locations and when you complete the lab, you'll discover the location of this bonus cache! If you've got the time, stop in and celebrate near one of the stops you saw along the way.

From the Lake Tahoe Historical Society website:

The history of the Lakeside Park neighborhood dates back to the 1800s, when the land straddling the state line on Lake Tahoe's South Shore was owned by Captain William Lapham (who had earlier owned the Lake House in Al Tahoe), then later by Katherine Smith Hill and her husbands, Elisha B. Smith and Arthur Marion Hill.

Around 1920, the widowed Mrs. Hill gave seven acres of land on the Nevada side of the state line to the Episcopal Bishop. This land, northwest of U.S. Highway 50, would become the original Camp Galilee Episcopal church summer camp, and later the site of Harvey's Resort Hotel & Casino.​

The Lakeside History Trail provides a tour of this historic area; roadside signs mark areas of interest, with QR codes that may be scanned by smart-phones to load Web pages like this one that provide historic photos and more information about the area.

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But why not claim a geocaching prize too?  Once you've walked the neighborhood and completed the Adventure Lab, you'll have the chance to grab this bonus in a quiet part of a busy end of town.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fghpx Hc Haqre

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)