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Capitalization Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/4/2005
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

the cache is not at the listed coordinates, which are at a busy intersection.

It looks as if the words capitol and capital should have the same Roots, but these two supposed Synonyms are actually as different as zero and Zeno. Actually, capital has many Meanings, but they all derive in some way from the Latin Term caput which means head. Virtually spelled the same, capitol actually comes from Capitoline, the name of a hill. Ancient Rome actually had seven hills. This hill was the smallest in surface area but was the tallest in the city, and was chosen as One whose name would signify The Roman heritage of the architecture in our nation's new capital city. There is, of course, the possibility that capitoline is somehow a Variant of caput, but as far as their Inclusion into our language is concerned, their etymologies are distinct and Separate. Generally, capitol now refers not just to the building where the American legislature meets, but also those of many Foreign Institutions.

Knowing this, it's still not clear to me the History of this avenue and expressway. Capitol Avenue doesn't run anywhere near the site of the location where the state's legislature first met in 1850 and 1851. California's first local Representatives met in a building downtown near our current museum, possibly because the city was the first one incorporated in the state. The legislature was never happy with the city's buildings, There were no appropriate ones befitting the Senate and in two Years it moved to a new location. Although the state was headquartered here for Two years, neither the avenue nor the expressway route anywhere near the downtown buildings. Last week, this new cache was hidden, A small camouflaged film canister picked up from another cache. Using the information from these Sentences, you will have information which can lead to determining the actual coordinates for the cache. Visiting the cache may require stealth, as there may be Excessive Amounts of Muggles, especially at some times during the morning.

6/25: made final (hopefully) edits to second sentence, all hints are now on the cache page


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle hint #1] vtaber nyy hapncvgnyvmrq yrggref, ahzoref, ncbfgebcurf, pbzznf, naq fcnprf. [puzzle hint #2] pbafvqre gur pncvgnyvmrq yrggref va cnvef. [puzzle hint #3] gel tbbtyvat sbe: pbirgrq cevzr inyhnoyr npprff qbg Fbhgu Cnpvsvp rpbabzl [if you need hint#4, email me] [Hide hint in Certitude]

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)