Shaker Spring House,Fountain of Youth Multi-Cache
Hidden : 8/10/2004
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Park at the end of Green HIll Rd This 16 acre of Harvard Conservation land is post closed from Dusk To Dawn. This Multi Cache is very hard to find all steps to find the cache. During the summer you will loose GPS Signal. You don't need to enter the spring house to find part 1 -- someone could really get hurt trying to search inside. There is no need ripping up the area -- "ALL PARTS ARE IN PLAIN SIGHT, no need to turn over logs, rocks, etc

The longevity of Harvard Shaker Community was remarkable. In the 1880’s, the average lifespan of a Harvard Shaker was just over seventy years of age. It would be another 50 years before the general populace were to equal that. A casual walk through the Harvard Shaker cemetery reveals an unusual number of long lived community members, and ages in the 90’s are not uncommon. The Harvard Shakers were in no doubt as to the reason of their extraordinary health and longevity. They had a special spring from which the entire community drank exclusively. In fact, they claimed a 16% increase in lifespan from its waters alone. In 1855 a drought threatened the Harvard Community with failed wells. Not far from the East Family village was a spring on the west side of Oak Hill. Water from the spring was piped via a buried aqueduct for an entire mile to a reservoir on a hill behind Church Family, the main Shaker village. From here, all the houses of the Church Family community were supplied with its waters – which were soon discovered to be of unusual purity. The entire cost of the new aqueduct system was $5000.

Additional Hints ()

Ab Uvagf Vs lbh arrq n uvag Rznvy hf.

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)

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