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Boothill Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 4/15/2007
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

THIS CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE POSTED COORDINATES. The coordinates are for a location where you must obtain information needed to identify the cache's final resting place. This location is only available from 9AM to 5PM.


Nearly every DNF on this cache has been caused by cachers NOT reading the full description. You WILL NOT be successful in finding this cache using the internet. You may be equally unsuccessful trying to ask the folks who work at the grave yard or just using a pamphlet. You MUST tour the entire grave yard. The CORRECT information is located on the headstones. That is where you will get the right information. If you use ANY OTHER METHOD, that is on you. Boothill is a real grave yard, though the actual grave locations may be off a foot or two. The location is owned by the city and free to the public. There is a donation jar to help maintain it. Despite some popular rumors THIS IS THE REAL GRAVEYARD.

Your mission, should you accept it, is to pay your respects to the departed (deserving and otherwise) and obtain specific information needed to locate the final resting place of the cache container. Remember, this is a real grave yard. Be respectful.

The actual cache is located at N31 ab.cde and W 110 fg.hij. To solve the puzzle, you will need to determine the answers to the following questions:

a. Last digit in the year Boothill closed _____.
b. Number of people killed on October 26th 1881_____.
c. Number of people buried in Boothill who were killed by Ormsby_____.
d. Number of years Boothill operated_____.
e. Number of Earp brothers buried in Boothill_____.
f. Last number in the number of letters in the name of the person who stabbed Margarita. (very interesting story here - go to the Bird Cage Theater and ask about it) _____.
g. Number of times Lester Moore was shot_____.
h. Jack Dunlap was named “? - Fingered Jack” _____.
i. Last number in the year John Swain (Slaughter) died_____.
j. Row number containing the Grave of Marshal White_____.

The internet contains much information on Boothill, however, I strongly discourage using it to solve this puzzle. Several dates listed on the internet DO NOT match the dates posted at Boothill and therefore WILL NOT correctly solve the puzzle.

NOTE: Don't go rushing out for a FTF on this one. It was
placed as part of the 2nd annual combat cacher's reunion, and was
released early for the participants.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zhfg trg gur vasbezngvba sebz gur urnq fgbarf!!!!

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)