Downtown Runaround Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 11/8/2003
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

This cache will take you through a forgotten part of Sumter: its downtown. Stages 1 through 3 are on downtown streets, and stage 4 and the cache are at a nearby park. The numbers that go in the letters correspond to the following stage's coordinates. Original contents are: basketball colored ping-pong ball, golf ball, toy monster truck, can of Play-doh, and a mini-fan.

Stage 1 is at some monuments in front of the Sumter County Courthouse. The cache coordinates above take you to a statue of the most important person in the early history of Sumter.

Year he was born: ABCD
Year he died: AECF
Date statue dedicated: GA/GE/FGGG

Now walk about 50 feet south to a plaque.

Year of Dingle's Mill battle: AEHI

Stage 2: N 33 II.FH(E-1)W 80 FG.IGE
The coordinates take you to the most prominent building in Sumter, the Opera House. On the front of the building, there is a dedication plaque.

Year completed: ABCD
Year first constructed as City Hall: ACBE

Stage 3: N 33 DD.(A+1)B(A-1) W 80 (A+1)(A-1).EBE
These coordinates take you to the location of the first public school in Sumter, now the site of Sumter's Confederate Memorial. This site was granted for a public school by Col. John Blount Miller. The plaque at this site reads "Sumterville Academy".

Year Col. John Blount Miller died: ABCD
Year he was first notary public: ABEC
Year he was first commisioner of equity: ABAF

Stage 4: N 33 CC.(C-2)CA W 80.(A+1)A.ACF
These coordinates take you to a city park in Sumter.
Parking coords are N 33 55.390 W 80 21.069.
Follow the stage coords to a plaque dedicating the park, which is a memorial to Sumter's soldiers in World War I.

Number of citizens who gave in the trust: AB
Date of trust: CD/CE/EFEF

Now proceed to the cache at the otherside of the park. Coordinates are N 33 (A+2)(A+2).(A+1)(B-2)(A-2)
W 80 (E+1)E.CFF

The cache is a tupperware container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf va n ohfu ng gur onfr bs n gerr.

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)


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