Bartonsville Covered Bridge Traditional Geocache
Bartonsville Covered Bridge
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There used to be a cache here until Tropical Storm Irene took it away, along with the bridge. A new covered bridge was built to replace the one lost and now a new cache has replaced the one lost to Irene. The cache is a small locking tab container with a few trade items, a log, and a pen.
After the Great Flood of 1869 a new bridge crossing the Williams River in Bartonsville was built in 1870 by Sanford Granger. That bridge stood until August of 2011, when it became a victim of Tropical Storm Irene. A local resident captured a video of the bridge as it collapsed into the river. That video was widely circulated and became one symbol of the damage done in Vermont by Irene. Through a combination of Federal money, insurance money, and fundraising by a group of determined residents, a new covered bridge was built to replace the one Irene took away. I am adding a hint only because several people have indicated the coordinates are off (I think the signal is poor in this area - as are cell signals, if you can even get any). I have double-checked it a couple of times with my GPS and got very close so I am not changing it, but will provide a hint if needed. It will give it away so only use the hint if you have trouble finding the cache.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
thneq envy