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Old Tascosa - Historical Site Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/6/2006
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This area was first known as Old Tascosa or "Atascosa". The cache is located at the entrance to Boys Ranch. You can park in the parking lot for an easy grab and go. Shouldn't be too hard to find.

This facility was founded in 1939 and was the first Ranch in America for boys. This is a beautiful facility that has alot of history. There is a museum on the facility that use to be the old Courthouse. In order to Locate the cache you need to go to the coordinates and look for a plaque. There are several plaques in the area. In order to locate/open the cache, you will need to decipher one of them. Look at the Hint section for clues! The contents inside include Dallas Stars Cap, 2 kid books, several frogs, poker chips, plastic floatie, and two old style TX DPS patches.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ybbx ba gur tebhaq [word - letter] guveq - svefg svsgu - frpbaq frpbaq - frpbaq svsgu - guveq guveq - sbegu svsgu - frpbaq svefg - guveq sbegu - frpbaq fvkgu - svefg

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)