GCMP7W Third to None (Multi-cache) in Georgia, United States created by Ertman110

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GCMP7W ▼

A cache by Ertman110 Message this owner

Hidden : 2/12/2005

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A Nice Historic Multi Cache in Downtown Savannah highlighting some Jewish History. Be prepared to do some serious walking.

Forty-two brave pioneering Jews, the “largest group of Jews to land in North America in Colonial days” arrived in Savannah on July 11, 1733, just five months after General James Edward Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia. Although the trip on the William and Sarah was rough, and they ran aground near North Carolina, the new colony continued to provide hope for those “industrious” poor Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews in London who had been living in difficult circumstances.

In 1732 there were 6,000 Jews living in London. The more affluent and established members of that Jewish community, threatened by the poverty of their coreligionists, provided generous financial support by subscribing to Oglethorpe’s new colony of Georgia, in addition to helping their fellow Jews set sail on the second boat for Georgia. Among the Jews who helped subscribe were members of the Spanish and Portuguese Bevis Marks Synagogue, the mother congregation to Mickve Israel in Savannah.

Savannah’s Jewish community was the third to be established in the New World, following New York (1654) and Newport (1695).

Now on to the cache!!

Stage One

You will find yourself in front of the great man that founded Georgia. Which way is he facing? Legend says that he faces that way to defend Savannah from the Spanish, who we were fighting during the War of Jenkin's Ear (1739).

Now walk 150 yards in the opposite direction that General Oglethorpe is facing.

Stage Two

Here you find a memorial to the early Jewish settlers. Who died from acorns? Add up the letters in the first and last name. (A=1, B=2, C=3...) Call the result A
The co-ords for the next stage are N32 04.xxx W081 05.yyy. xxx=666-A,yyy=505+A

Stage Three

Find the date, Add up the digits of the date. (Jan= 01, Feb = 02, etc)(MM+DD+YYYY) Call the result B
Co-ords for the next stage are N 32 04.xxx W 081 05.yyy. xxx= 2119-B, yyy=2508-B.

Stage Four

Find the date that this building was concercrated, Add up the digits of the date. (Jan= 01, Feb = 02, etc)(MM+DD+YYYY) Call the result C.
The co-ords for the next stage are N 32 0X.XXX, W 081 0Y.YYY. XXXX=(4xC)-3197. YYYY=(3xC)+500.

Stage Five

Approximately how many years was this site used? Call that number D.
The final co-ordinates are at N 32 04.XXX W 081 06.YYY. XXX=415-D, YYY=133+D.

Please be respectful when doing this cache, as that you will be near sacred grounds.