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Honoring the Red Cross Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Kosh Naranek: As there's been no response to my note, and no maintenance performed on this cache for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the near future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

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Hidden : 9/3/2005
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache, located near the Anaheim Red Cross House, has been placed in honor of all the hard work and dedication of the Red Cross.

Originally the Residence of John G. Woelke, built in 1894 in the Queen Anne Victorian style and located on West Center Street (now Lincoln Ave.)The house moved in 1949 to 418 North West Street; deeded by later owners, Mr. & Mrs. John Dwyer, to be used as Red Cross House in 1953.

It is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of the homes’ first caretaker.

Next door you will find the Mother Colony House. This was the first house built in Anaheim and the first historic museum in Orange County. In front of the modest residence, which dates to 1857, is a time capsule containing a recap of Anaheim's first 100 years. The capsule was buried in 1957 and will be opened in 2007. The original resident was George Hansen, leader of a group of German immigrants who left San Francisco to found a grape-growing colony in Southern California. Their vineyards were the largest in the state before being destroyed by disease in 1885. The colony then turned to producing Valencia oranges--otherwise, maybe we'd be living in Grape County!
Be sure to check out the immense Morteton Bay Fig tree in the front yard next door at 400 West St. The tree, brought here more than 100 years ago from Australia, inspired Walt Disney's Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Walt gave the owner of the tree a lifetime pass to Disneyland - before it even opened!

Some of this information was obtained from the Anaheim Colony website and was clipped from the Los Angeles Times Orange County Edition.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)