This cache is NOT at the posted Coordinates
This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. If you are participating in this GeoChallenge be sure to download and print your STAR Passport and find other helpful resources at STAR Challenge and get started today.
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This cache is placed and maintained by Martin 5.
This cache is not at the posted coordinates. Please follow instructions below to find the cache.
This Wherigo will begin at the North Pacific Depot, in downtown Coeur d'Alene, and will take you near the Inland Empire Electric Railway Substation. This is a Reverse Wherigo, and can be activated from anywhere; however, you will need start your search from the posted coordinates to obtain some numbers there that you will need to active the Wherigo cartridge. When you get within 25 yards of the final, the coordinates will be revealed. To play you must download the Wherigo player and then The Reverse Cache cartridge from the Wherigo.com website. The download is free.
To activate this cartridge please use:
076367
094310 + number on the white Avista tag on the wooden power pole
735440 + number on the Majestic Coal Chute
In 1886 a spur was built from the Northern Pacific Railroad line at Hauser Junction to Coeur d'Alene. The Northern Pacific was Coeur d'Alene’s first railroad. The depot at 3rd and Lakeside was built in 1915.
The Inland Empire Electric Railway ran between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene during the early 1900s, carrying both passengers and freight. It helped to turn Coeur d'Alene into a tourist destination, the major attraction being the steamships which plied the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene. The Inland Empire Electric Railway Substation was built in 1904, along with four power-boosting substations that were constructed at intervals along the route.
Though initially quite profitable, in 1909 the Inland Empire Electric Railway was sold to the the Great Northern Railroad and by 1919 a decline in mining and lumbering in the area brought shrinking income for the electric line and the system went into bankruptcy. It was closed shortly after and the tracks and ties torn up. The other substations along the route were demolished, leaving only the Coeur d’Alene substation as a reminder of what had been a thriving interurban transportation system.
This cache is part of the 2018 Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge. Spokane has a strong history as a major train hub, and in many ways still is. The STAR Challenge will take geocachers on an adventure, finding caches in places significant to railroads past and present. You will visit locations featuring retired train cars, streetcar rails, bridges, graves and rail yards. Successful completion of the STAR Challenge is rewarded with a trackable Geocoin.
- All caches begin with the series name STAR: followed by a location-specific name so they are easy to search. We also made a STAR Bookmark of the caches.
- To qualify for a Geocoin, find the code word or stamp in each geocache and record it on your passport.
- Visit STAR Challenge and get started today.
to find the challenge rules, a printable STAR Passport and map view of qualifying caches.
The Spokane Trains And Railroads GeoChallenge is sponsored by Cache Advance, and by donation from local cachers. We hope you enjoy!
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