This multi-cache will take you to four informational plaques
placed along the linear La Barranca Park, which is a long narrow
park that borders Bay Street in Santa Cruz.
The park honors the Santa Cruz Italian colony, La Barranca. La
Barranca was geographically located between Bay and Gharkey
Streets, next to Lighthouse Avenue. Today, there are over 10,000
California descendants from this small village in Italy. The Santa
Cruz Genovese Fishing Colony is part of the Pacific Coast chain of
Italian communities originating from the Riva Trigoso coastal
village of Sestri Levante, a Santa Cruz sister city east of
Genova.
The name La Barranca was derived from the early Spaniards who had
settled the downtown Santa Cruz area. They referred to the upper
west side as the La Barranca. And the Italians adopted the phrase.
The cache is not at the posted location. The posted coordinates
are for the first of four waypoints you must visit to gather
information from in order to determine the final coordinates.
The cache is at
N 36 AB.CDE
W 122 VW.XYZ
At Stage One you will find a plaque:
A: The Davenport wharf was used for shipping cement until the
year (y1)(y2)(y3)(y4). A = y4.
B: Picture C - In Hidden Valley, Luigi Magnobosco farmed a
two-digit number of acres, growing apples, apricots and grapes. Add
the 2 digits together. B = the sum of the two digits.
At Stage Two you will also find a plaque and a
monument.
C: If the park was dedicated on mm/dd/yyyy, then C = mm.
D: If Gilda's restaurant has been in operation since the year
(y1)(y2)(y3)(y4), then D = y3.
E: Italian Americans made up over a certain percentage of
employees of the Walti-Schilling meat plant. E = the tens-digit of
that 2-digit number.
At Stage Three you will also find a plaque.
V: John Battistini won a Purple Heart in the year
(y1)(y2)(y3)(y4). V = y2 - y3 - y4.
W: W = the number of men pictured wearing a baseball uniform
with "Seals" on the front of the uniform.
At Stage Four you will find a plaque and a sculpture.
X: During the summer of 1910 or 1911, Joe Loero caught how many
bluefin tuna? X = (number of bluefin tuna) divided by 3.
Y: Y = number of fishermen that are a part of the boat sculpture
plus 2.
Z: Z = number of starfish that are a part of the boat sculpture
minus one.
Check sum: A + B + C + D + E + V + W + X + Y + Z = 45.
Enjoy! And happy caching!
50sumtin