Historic Tour of Market Street Mystery Cache
Cyclops: Muggled twice is enough for this cache. Thanks to those who found it.
Historic Tour of Market Street
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Located on Mackinac Island. We've put together what we hope is a
kid and family friendly puzzle cache. You will not find a cache at
the above waypoint. Read below to learn how to solve the puzzle to
find the cache.
The above waypoint is the starting point of this cache. At this
waypoint you will find a sign labeled "Biddle House". Starting at
this sign walk along Market Street to the northeast to find all of
the signs needed to solve this puzzle. The first sign will look
like the following:
All signs will look like this one.
The final cache's waypoint you start with is:
N45 AB.CDE W84 FG.HIJ
You will need to replace the letters in the above waypoint with
the answers that you solve from the following questions.
From the sign labeled "Biddle House"
B = Find the amount of the down payment that was made of this
property in 1822. Add all three digits together.
J = Not counting the title how many letters are in the first
word.
From the sign labeled "Mackinac Island"
F = Find the year that Mackinac Island was becoming a popular
resort. Replace the letter F with the tens digit.
G = Find the year that a Jesuit priest, Fr. Claude Dablon wintered
here. Replace G with the tens digit.
From the sign labeled "Market Street"
C = Find the value of furs that went through Market Street offices
in 1822. Replace the letter C with the hundreds digit.
H = Find the value of furs that went through Market Street offices
in 1822. Replace the letter H with the thousands digit.
I = Find the year that the fur trade moved westward. Replace the
letter I with the ones digit.
From the sign labeled "American Fur Company Store"
A = Find the year that Beaumont conducted experiments with St.
Martin. The ones digit will replace the letter A.
D = Find how many years after Beaumont first experiment with St.
Martin did he publish a groundbreaking book on his discovery of the
digestive process.
E = Find the year that Alexis St. Martin was accidentally shot.
Replace the letter E with the hundreds digit.
Note:
This cache has been muggled and will not be replaced. We tried to
get the word out to everyone that was caching the island this
weekend. If you attempted this cache please go ahead and log it as
a find. This cache will be archived in a week or two.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
V'ir cynprq gur pnpur va na nern gung jvyy tvir lbh pbire, abj svaq vg.
Treasures
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