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Ruiz-Herrera Historical Marker Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

West Texas Reviewer: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so the cache is being archived to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 15 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the West Texas Reviewer.

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Hidden : 10/1/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Ruiz-Herrera Historical Marker

Several early leaders of San Antonio are buried in the study area, among them are Jose Ruiz, Blas Herrera, Asa Mitchell, and John Wesley DeVilbiss. Jose Ruiz was bon in San Antonio on January 29, 1983. He was one of the four representatives of Bexar County at the convention in 1836 at Washington on the Brazos. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, he represented Bexar Country in the Senate of the first Congress. Francisco Ruiz, his son, was the acting Mayor of San Antonio in 1836. He is buried in the Ruiz-Herrera cemetery, established in the 1840’s, located in on Somerset Road.

Blas Herrera, who alerted the Alamo defenders to Santa Ann’s approach, is also buried in the Ruiz-Herrera Cemetery.. After his military services during the revolution, Herrera worked as a farmer and rancher and was active in the civic affairs of his community. On February 3, 1828, he married Maria Antonio Ruiz (1809-87), daughter of Col. Jose Francisco Ruiz, with whom he had ten children. The Herrera’s lived on family land in the vicinity of the Old San Antonio Road crossing of the Medina Rive at Paso de las Garzas in south Bexar County, near the present day town of Somerset, Texas.

This cache is a 35mm canister containing only a log; please bring something to write with.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cyf qb abg tb gb gur snez ubhfr gung vf pybfr gb gur przrgnel..... gurer vf n ebnq j/ n fgerrg anzr ba vg..... vg jvyy gnxr lbh fgenvtug gb gur pnpur....

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)