4th of July Cache Mystery Cache
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This is a puzzle cache that was done for Team GPSaxophone's Event
Cache over the Fourth of July weekend 2005 near Woodland Park
Colorado. But alas the food and fun was to much to complete it, so
I was ask to make it a regular cache so I am. O'yeah the cache
isn't at the listed coordinates not even sure what is there.
The story of Paul Revere's Ride, in April of 1775, has been well
told in the history books and the poetry of Longfellow; less known
is that Mr. Revere took a second ride through the countryside on
July 5, 1776, to announce the Declaration of Independence adopted
in Philadelphia on July 4. On his route to Lexington, the crier on
horseback charged through five villages, one of them Summerset, and
shouted the news to a different man in each locale, one of them the
village blacksmith. From the facts that follow about the events
surrounding Paul Revere's Second Ride, you should be able to find
the order in which he rode through the villages and the full name
and occupation of the man in each village to whom he broke the news
of Liberty.
1. On his second ride, Paul Revere announced the Declaration of
Independence to Jonathan earlier than to Mr. Howe, who heard the
news before the man in the village of Maybury.
2. Patrick, who isn't Gates, and the farmer were both captains in
the militia.
3. Mr. Bradford and the miller let out loud "huzzah"s when they got
the announcement from Revere.
4. Paul Revere broke the news to the schoolmaster in one village
and then to Mr. Adams in the next village.
5. The farmer heard about the Declaration earlier than Mr. Gates
but later than Benjamin.
6. Adams and the farmer had already fought against the Redcoats at
Concord in 1775.
7. Revere told the man in Westham about the events in Philadelphia
immediately after telling the miller in the previous village about
them.
8. Thomas, who didn't reside in Maybury, and Mr. Howe joyfully
spread the revolutionary news to their villages.
9. The wigmaker learned of the Declaration later than the Lanyard
citizen, who talked to Paul Revere at some point after George
did.
10. Mr. Morgan and the man from Middlesex gave the horseman money
to help support liberty's cause.
11. The village in which Paul Revere announced Independence to the
wigmaker wasn't Maybury.
To find the cache answer the following questions:
A = Number of letters in the millers last name.
B = Number of letters in the blacksmiths last name.
C = Number of letters in the schoolmaster last name.
D = In the order Jonathan was which one to hear.
E = In the order Benjamin was which one to hear.
F = How many letters are in the city Adams lived in
G = In the order George was which one to hear.
H = How many letters are in Adams profession.
I = How many letters are in the city Gates lived in.
J = ((F * G + H) / I) – C
The cache is located at N 39° 05.CGH W 105° 05.BIE
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
General Parking: To get to the general area get to the cache
easy from the Manitou Experimental Forest Station on county
road#79. go 1 mile North of Manitou Lake turning off highway 67
onto Spruce road which is county road#79 from there its easy
driving to within 200 feet of the cache. Or a nice 1/2 mile hike
south down the rarely used dirt road from the Manitou Experimental
Forest Station. Also thanks to RustyBeerCan for all his GREAT help
in maintaining this cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Frr nggnpurq Uvag cvpgher.