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Asheville's Enslaved People: Wartime Servitude Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/11/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Get some info and then take a medium stroll, or a short drive, to find the cache. This is a stop on the NC Civil War Trails.

The listed coordinates will get you to an information board. The actual coordinates of the physical cache are:

N35° 35. AB 0
W82° 32. CD 7

A = the sum of the first digit in each of the two numbers written by Fannie Patton
B = the second digit in the percentage of Buncombe County residents that were enslaved people at the start of the Civil War
C = the number of characters in the first word in the name of the magazine referenced under the top right illustration
D = the number of letters in the name of the second last person mentioned


CHECKSUM: A + B + C + D = XY; X + Y = 3

You are looking for a bison tube. Enjoy!

FTF HONORS GO TO RobinMohawk!!!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lryybj

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)