Pipe Springs, Winding Stair Mtns. Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Chuck Walla: Hello honobia jeeper,

Geocaching HQ flagged this cache as one that may need attention and sent you an email about it. Some time after that, I disabled your cache and requested that you check on your cache and perform any necessary maintenance. Since you have not responded to my reviewer log about your cache by posting a note to your cache page to tell me and others of your intention to address the issue with it, the cache has been archived at the direction of Geocaching HQ.

Sincerely,

Chuck Walla
Community Volunteer Reviewer
Geocaching.com

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Hidden : 10/15/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Very old historic location.

Spanning the highest mountain range between the Appalachians and the Rockies, the 54-mile Talimena Scenic Byway opens a showcase of natural beauty during each of the south's four distinctive seasons. One breathtaking panorama follows another as this national forest scenic byway winds along the crests of forested mountains between Talihina, OK and Mena, AR.
 
This microcache is located at Pipe Springs in the Big Cedar area of the Ouachita National Forest.  It is just a couple of miles off the Talimena Scenic Drive.
Congrats to "car0less" for 1st to find.
Pipe Springs always flows with good, clean water.  It was created in the 1920s by railroaders and loggers who were travelling a mountain railroad spur that no longer exists. They drove a long pipe into the side of a hill and tapped the water table. You can look at it and almost imagine tired loggers pausing here for a drink. All other traces of them are gone.The cache is a camouflaged pill bottle  container. It contains a logbook - you must bring your own pen.  Plan to stop here on the way to some other caches in the mountains. There are bathrooms here, picnic tables, a trail and of course, the spring.

To get to the cache will require a walk up a steep hill with a path. About 50 yards near a pine tree and rock.


The railroad spur ran to a lumber mill town called Pine Valley, OK which is now Muse, OK. See additional caches at Kiamichi River bridege (Muse) and the Muse cemetery. ***** Congats to car0less for 1st to find. *****

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx haqre gur sberfg qroevf. 1244 ' ryningvba

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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